Collaborate Disseminate
CNN looks back to when “dial-up internet (and its iconic dial tone) was ‘still a thing…”
“File-sharing services like Napster and LimeWire were just beginning to take off… And in sweaty dorm rooms and sparse basements across the world, people broug… Continue reading New Book Remembers LAN Parties and the 1990s ‘Multiplayer Revolution’
Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and others spoke at the Game Developers Conference about Tetris Reversed, reports VentureBeat — and told the story of “a lost prototype of a Tetris game that was never published.”
But little did Pajitnov know that… Continue reading ”Tetris Reversed’? Alexey Pajitnov Shows Footage From Rediscovered Prototype for ‘Tetris’ Sequel
“What happens when a loser who needs to win faces a winner who refuses to lose?”
That was the tagline for the iconic 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, chronicling a middle-school teacher’s attempts to take the Donkey Kong recor… Continue reading Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies Settle Lawsuits On Donkey Kong World Records
An 1979 Atari 8-bit system re-released in a tiny form factor? Yep.
Retro Games Ltd. is releasing a “half-sized” version of its very first home computer, the Atari 400, “emulating the whole 8-bit Atari range, including the 400/800, XL and XE series, a… Continue reading Atari Will Release a Mini Edition of Its 1979 Atari 400 (Which Had An 8-Bit MOS 6502 CPU)
15 months ago U.S. grandmaster Hans Niemannn was accused of cheating in a tournament after beating Magnus Carlsen (five-time world chess champion).
Last week a report was finally issued by the world governing body of chess, CNN reports:
FIDE’s report… Continue reading Official Probe Finds Hans Niemann Didn’t Cheat Against Magnus Carlsen
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women’s events. The BBC reports: The FIDE said individual cases would require “further analysis” and that a decision could take up to two y… Continue reading World Chess Body Bans Transgender Women From Competing In Women’s Events
The Guardian reports:
The Magnus Carlsen era is over. Ding Liren becomes China’s first world chess champion. The country now can boast the men’s and women’s titleholders: an unthinkable outcome during the Cultural Revolution when it was banned as a gam… Continue reading Chess has a New World Champion: China’s Ding Liren
In October professional poker player Garrett Adelstein lost to a relative newcomer. Last month 15,000 viewers tuned in for his first new public interview, Poker News reports. Adelstein “reiterated his confidence that he was cheated,” and said he will n… Continue reading Six Months Later, Poker Player Garrett Adelstein Still Thinks He Was Cheated
It was Magnus Carlsen’s last tournament as world champion, reports CNN — and he was eliminated after a “dramatic slip of his mouse” in his online match against Hikaru Nakamura:
After drawing their first two games, the duo faced off in an Armaged… Continue reading Magnus Carlsen Loses Last Competition as World Champion – After Slip of His Mouse
An anonymous reader shares a report from Ars Technica:
Over the years, King of Kong star Billy Mitchell has seen his world-record Donkey Kong scores stripped, partially reinstated, and endlessly litigated, both in actual court and the court of public o… Continue reading Did ‘Donkey Kong’ Champ Use a Banned Joystick for His 2007 World Record?