Author Archives: Dave-Banks
“Star Wars in Concert” Features Great Music, a Protocol Droid Narrator and One Heck of a Big Screen
As the crowd gathered in the arena, it was apparent this was no ordinary concert. The sound of TIE fighters screamed through the PA system, a certain walking carpet yelled out in frustration and light sabers were drawn before clashing in battle. The sound effects helped set the mood for a two-hour extravaganza, celebrating the […] Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Daniels, C-3Po, DarthVader, Everything Else, Han Solo, John Williams, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, StarWars, TIE fighter
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Atari’s Site Refresh Features Playable Classic Arcade Games
One of my fondest childhood memories is of dropping a token in the Battlezone machine in the side room of the pizza restaurant near our house, stepping up to the simulated periscope, grasping the joysticks and moving my green wireframe tank across the moonscape in search of other tanks, the random cubes they hid behind […] Continue reading
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Tagged Arcade game, Armchair Geek, Atari, Battlezone, Coin-Op, Crystal Castles, Games, Lunar Lander, Video game
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