When IBM debuted their PS/2 line in 1987, Ken, seeing the new machines’ lovely MCGA and VGA graphics and user-friendly mouse support, felt a bit like Noah must have when the first drops of rain finally began to fall. Yes, the machines were ridiculously expensive as propositions for the home, but given time, their technology would trickle down into more affordable price brackets. If nothing else, the PS/2 line was at long last a start. King’s Quest IV and its first real soundtrack score stands as a landmark moment in the evolution of computer games. The game did indeed do much to break the chicken-and-egg conundrum afflicting MS-DOS audio. But King’s Quest IV also advanced the state of the art of adventure gaming in other, less tech-centric ways. As evidenced by its prominent subtitle The Perils of Rosella, its protagonist is female. Hard as it may seem to believe today, when more adventure games than not seem to star women, this fact made King’s Quest IV almost unique in its day
Tag: history
6.6 ka Gold artifact
It dates to around 6.6 ka BP. An enormous quantity of gold was found in burials and cenotaphs at the Varna necropolis, more than 3000 artifacts weighing 6 kilos. Grave 43 held more gold than has ever been discovered from that period in the whole world combined.
Town planning olympics
The drawings, signed in a calligraphic style on the bottom right hand corner by their creator Charles Downing Lay, were the American entry into the 1936 Summer Olympics for a category that seems improbable today: Town Planning. Yes, from 1928 until 1948, town planning was an actual Olympic sport.
Vikings in NYC
for the first time in 1000 years, a viking ship has crossed the north atlantic to land in newfoundland.
The Pompeii of Britain
Nearby they had found a cooking pot, with a spoon and traces of food still in it, and a spindle wound with twine. Nearly every day, something unusual happens: “You’re working on your own little bit, then suddenly you hear a hubbub.” In February, the researchers discovered a wooden wheel, the oldest complete specimen ever found in Britain
Baby sideshow performers
Couney created and ran incubator-baby exhibits on the island from 1903 to the early 1940s, and though he died in relative obscurity, he was one of the great champions of this lifesaving technology and is credited with saving the lives of 1000s of the country’s premature babies.
this is a great example why the fight against luddites is always one of the most important
When Run‑DMC met Aerosmith
He recruits Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the leaders of the down-and-out arena-rock group Aerosmith, to collaborate with Run-DMC on a new version of their 1970s staple “Walk This Way.”
The rappers hate the idea. The rockers, struggling with drugs and low record sales, don’t know what to make of Rubin’s pitch. But on a Sunday in March, they meet in a Manhattan recording studio to create what will become one of the most important songs of the modern pop era.
2 ka Ireland-India trade
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modern Indian horns are almost identical to many iron-age European artifacts reveals a rich cultural link between the 2 regions 2 ka ago
Cocaine ads
between this and all the earnest recipes for jello, i’m really confused.
2 Monks Inventing Things
MONK #1: how tall are most women
MONK #2: tower sized but normal heads
MONK #1: cool thank you
MONK #2: here to help
MONK #1: ooh while i have you though
most dogs look –
MONK #2: emotionally destroyed
MONK #1: got it, ty
Gregor J. Rothfuss 