Tag: 70s

Quarantine – 10 Things to Try to Make Sure Your Game Doesn’t Turn Into a Game of Survival

I don’t typically like to bring up issues about games or games with a focus on the topic because I feel like it brings the discussion down to a debate of whether or not such a game should exist or where the line between game and art is. That’s definitely not the right thing to…

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Erie Blues Festival 2019

One month ago, 2019 was a great year for the Erie Blues Festival. With the addition of several new programs, it was no longer just an annual event but rather an all-encompassing program that offered something for nearly every interest, including the Blues music community. With two new programs, two shows on the schedule, and…

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I Want to Write About Paul McCartney

This has been quite a journey. The good news is that I have come across some of the most amazing and amazing people in the world in my time as a writer. The bad news is that they are all dead. I started this blog in 2008, and have written the majority of it since…

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Computer Games – Blomkamp’s Game, by David M.

Computer Games – Blomkamp’s Game, by David M. The most famous movie by the Norwegian director Ingmar Bergman (1924-75), The Game, has now been released in a new 3D Blu-Ray edition, and in a new extended edition. The new Blu-Ray version of The Game contains the Extended Edition of the original, Extended Edition 2 DVD,…

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Xbox Series X Sales Overcame 100,000 Units in June

Microsoft said that Xbox Series X sales in June surpassed 100,000 units in the US, pushing the Xbox brand above Xbox One in the race for console sales supremacy. Microsoft said that Xbox Series X sales in June surpassed 100,000 units in the US, pushing the Xbox brand above Xbox One in the race for…

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Comcast Grows Program to Help Front Line Engineers Become Software Engineers

The article is part of the series “Comcast Grows Program to Help Front Line Engineers Become Software Engineers:” (S18), a collaboration of four tech companies, one of which is Comcast, that includes the articles “Microsoft Adds Software Engineer Program to Its Engineering Talent” (S17), “Google Brings Program for Developers to the Cloud,” and “Amazon Builds…

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Yasmine Abdel Aziz

“It is not unusual for young women to visit the Emirates. While there are other reasons for this, there is not another country who has such a young population as has been the population of the United Arab Emirates. “What started out as a dream has come true,” said Yasmine Abdel Aziz. “I left the…

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The History of Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles, the most successful format that women’s tennis has ever produced, has been a major success for tennis from its first days in the 70s. When it was first instituted at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships, it was by no means a top tier event. The champion received 4 points for the entire set, and…

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Non-Functional Tokens in E-Sports

“In the early 70s, the OG NFT Art Mystery Boxes were a popular addition to the game magazine, with a number of them being sold at their own stores. It seems that the mystery boxes were popular enough that they appeared in two of the most famous arcade games of that time. In “Mushroom Island…

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The Temple of Solomon – The Story of the Oldest Temple

In this issue, we present results from the spectroscopy and imaging for the first century (AD) of Qumran during the construction of the Temple of Solomon. In addition, an analysis of the images of Qumran and of the temple show that the structure is being repaired but that the original order and orientation of the…

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