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HopeHoops

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5. The ponies aren't that scary. What IS scary are the evangelists who see too much in video games.
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 10:18 AM
Nov 2012

Example: In the late 70's there was an Apple II game that involved a four square "shooter" (like Space Invaders, but not as complicated) that fired 2 square missiles at a series of 3 square targets on top of a line near the top of the screen. VERY simple graphics here.

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- Some preacher saw a penis shooting sperm at prostitutes and tried to get video games banned. I still laugh anytime I think about that. (The periods are just there to hold the space. DU collapses leading spaces and extra spaces)









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The Elder Polls MMXII: Obama [View all] Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 OP
What's really freaky is that I saw "MMXII" and saw "2012". Then again, I also read ASCII. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #1
Well, you were supposed to read 2012. Some can't read latin numbers? Kids these days :-) Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #2
I'm an old-school geek too. I pre-date the Apple IIE, but only by six or so years. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #3
I could have been an old school geek if I hadn't transferred Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #4
The ponies aren't that scary. What IS scary are the evangelists who see too much in video games. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #5
Um, yeah that's pretty silly. Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #6
What's REALLY disturbing is that I read it in HEX before moving on to the English. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #9
Oh, and I cheated with the pony thing. If you highlight the blank areas in the text... HopeHoops Nov 2012 #10
I vaguely remember the first color printouts of the Mandelbrot set. Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #11
I've never actually seen the show, but I know about them. And, for the record,... HopeHoops Nov 2012 #12
So what do you call them then? The fractals that is. Also... Re: Mac Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #13
They're commonly mislabeled "fractals", but they are just self-similar. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #14
The neat thing about this tablet is that it's got an OS laptop inside. Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #15
That's cool. I've heard a lot of complaints about tablet OSs. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #16
lol, well done! eqfan592 Nov 2012 #7
Love the gif! Leopolds Ghost Nov 2012 #8
Big Skyrim fan here. reflection Nov 2012 #17
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