Archive for the ‘Nostalgia’ Category

Star Wars Galaxies To Gasp It’s Dying Breath December 15, 2011

Dear Star Wars Galaxies™ Community Member, We write to you today to inform you that on December 15, 2011, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and LucasArts will end all services (MMO and Trading Card Game) for Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). The shutdown of SWG is a very difficult decision, but SOE and LucasArts have mutually agreed [...]

June 24, 2011 Posted in: Games and Gaming, Nostalgia No Comments

Building a Gary Gygax Memorial

http://www.gygaxmemorialfund.com/index.php/2-uncategorised-uncategorised/9-land-in-donian-park

June 20, 2011 Posted in: Games and Gaming, Nostalgia No Comments

Father of the CD, Norio Ohga, Dead At 81

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42730332/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

April 24, 2011 Posted in: Computers & Computing, Nostalgia No Comments

40th anniversary of the computer virus

http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1668

March 14, 2011 Posted in: Computers & Computing, Do It Yourself, Nostalgia No Comments

The Legend of Zelda Turns 25

http://www.1up.com/news/legend-of-zelda-turns-25

February 22, 2011 Posted in: Games and Gaming, Nostalgia No Comments

Len Lesser (a.k.a Uncle Leo) RIP.. you will be missed!

HELLO! http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110217,0,2908926.story

February 17, 2011 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

David Fincher Gives an Update on ‘Goon’ and, Possibly, ‘Heavy Metal’

http://www.slashfilm.com/david-fincher-updates-goon

February 17, 2011 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

Alien prequel dead, but reborn as new project

http://www.shadowlocked.com/201101151287/news/alien-prequel-its-dead-as-disco.html

January 15, 2011 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

A Classic

http://ladog.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/06-COMBAT-02.mp3

January 9, 2011 Posted in: Games and Gaming, Nostalgia No Comments

Lost footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey found

http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/showpost.php?p=235659

December 17, 2010 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

Original Darth Vader costume up for sale in London

AP – Christie’s employee Caitlin Graham poses with a Darth Vader costume in London, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. LONDON – The Force can be with you — for a price. Christie’s auction house says it is selling an original Darth Vader costume from the “Star Wars” movie franchise. The jet-black helmet, mask and armor worn by the [...]

October 27, 2010 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

Nintendo Entertainment System Turns 25

http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/216920/nes-retrospective

October 19, 2010 Posted in: Games and Gaming, Nostalgia No Comments

Star Wars The Old Republic: Star Wars Rarities: Star Tours

In an effort to update their image, the Disney Theme Parks, with permission from George Lucas, produced the world’s first motion simulator ride, Star Tours, which has been often copied, but never topped. As opposed to a ride that goes somewhere or follows a track, Star Tours is a small theater that is bounced and [...]

October 18, 2010 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

We’ll Miss You June Cleaver! Barbara Billingsley dead at 94.

Barbara Billingsley, whose portrayal of June Cleaver on the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” helped define the suburban TV mother of the 1950s and who lampooned her wholesome image in the movie “Airplane!” as a prim older lady who is fluent in “jive,” died Oct. 16 at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was [...]

October 17, 2010 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85

Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press Benoit B. Mandelbrot at a conference in Tokyo in 2003. His death was caused by pancreatic cancer, his wife, Aliette, said. He had lived in Cambridge. Dr. Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal” to refer to a new class of mathematical shapes whose uneven contours could mimic the irregularities found in nature. “Applied [...]

October 16, 2010 Posted in: Nostalgia, Technology, Energy & Science No Comments

Beavis, Butt-head and Music Videos Returning to MTV

http://www.movieline.com/2010/07/confirmed-beavis-butt-head-and-music-videos-returning-to-mtv.php

July 14, 2010 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

Gary Coleman dies at age 42

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/2010-05-28-gary-coleman_N.htm.

May 28, 2010 Posted in: Films, Cinema, Movies, TV & Radio, Nostalgia No Comments

RIP: Ronnie James Dio

Like everyone else, I’m hearing reports that famed singer Ronnie James Dio has lost his battle with stomach cancer and I am sad to hear it. Currently his website (http://www.ronniejamesdio.com) is overloaded back online and not confirming anything: ‘ Message from Wendy Dio Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. [...]

May 16, 2010 Posted in: Music, Nostalgia One Comment