💥 Comic books on the C64, NES online multiplayer, obituaries on YouTube, and more - This Geek in Review for 2023-04-28
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Internet Travels
Geek
- Read Comic Books On The Commodore 64 With StripStream | Hackaday
- Artist Remakes First Gen Pokemon In Glorious 2.5D
- Converting a 5K iMac into an External 5K Display - Oh My Pizza Blog
- Daily short Sci Fi
Retro
- Arcade Game Typography - Read-Only Memory
- Images of Lego Pac-Man arcade machine appear online | VGC
- The 'Space Invaders' Creator Reveals the Game’s Origin Story | WIRED
- Get Online Multiplayer on the NES With This Custom Cartridge
- DPaint JS - Deluxe Paint IN YOUR BROWSER!
Videogames
- Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming - GOV.UK
- Atari buys the rights to over 100 retro games, threatens to bring back the worst mascot of the 90s | GamesRadar+
- Krusty Kombat by Westmark, aschtronaut, Lulz2, AMThomsen
- Disney Speedstorm Review: Mario Kart For Disney Adults
Technology
- New BIOS updates attempt to keep Ryzen 7000X3D processors from frying themselves | Ars Technica
- Smartphones With Popular Qualcomm Chip Secretly Share Private Information With US Chip-Maker | Nitrokey
Science
- How John Glenn's $40 Camera Forced NASA to Rethink Space Missions | PetaPixel
- SpaceX’s Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess - The New York Times
- The farthest-away pictures of Earth ever taken | Mashable
- Researchers Taught Parrots to Video Call Other Parrots
Pop Culture
- ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ – Controversial Episode Turns 25 – The Hollywood Reporter
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Has the MCU’s First F-Bomb
- Worst Decisions in Music History – Rolling Stone
- Summer of 1983 was the worst season for movies sequels ever
Pot Pourri
- Space Elevator - Take an elevator to space and learn along the way!
- Taking obsession to a whole new level
- Opinion | Could Peer Influence Be a Cause of the Global Baby Bust? - The New York Times
- Stephen King's Reading List for Writers
- Lucky Guy Apparently Wins Lottery With Numbers Provided by ChatGPT - Life
- Why are people reading obituaries on YouTube?