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30th Anniversary of PACMAN
Today, the 22nd of May, marks the 30th Anniversary of the popular game developed by Namco and released by Midway in 1980.
The game needs no introduction or explanation – everyone knows what it is and how to play it. Prior to it’s release, Space Invaders and Asteroids were THE games to play. But Pacman took over, with much merchandise, an animated TV series and more than 30 variations of games where the Pacman characters appeared being released.
Google has paid its tribute by updating their homepage with the following logo:
The best bit being is that you can actually play the game too! TRY IT!
If it it doesn’t appear, try here instead)
Quiz – What Year Was This Song Released? #2
See how many you can guess – without Googling for the answers!
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99 Luft Ballons
Who thought a song sung in German would be so popular? The group Nena, with their sexy lead singer of the same name released this protest song in 1983.
Luftballon is German for air balloon, and an English version of the song (called 99 Red Balloons) was released in 1984. The English version, however, is not a direct translation of the original. In fact the lyrics are quite different.
Both the German and English versions tell about two children who buy 99 balloons at a toy shop and release them into the air, and faulty radar equipment is unable to identify the balloons. The government immediately put their troops on red alert, and sends fighter jets to intercept which ends up triggering a nuclear war between East and West.
Nena was born Gabriele Susanne Kerner on March 24 1960 in West Germany. She started dating actor Benedict Freitag soon after the band separated in 1987. The couple had 3 children together, with the first was born disabled due to alleged medical mistakes during the birth, which caused Nena to go into cardiac arrest. The son, sadly died at the age of 11 months.
Enjoy the two versions of this classic song:
Back to the Future Hover Board
Loved the Back to the Future Trilogy – and one of the things that I’m sure every kid (or every kid in heart) would love is one of those Hover Boards from the second movie.
Well, believe it or not Mattel are planning on releasing a hover board this year based on the one from the movie:
Now, before you get too excited, it’s only a replica (but visually a perfect match).
It wont hover like the one in the movies.
Apparently, we need to wait until 2015 for that …….. 🙂