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… 8-bit, side-scrolling, simple to understand, and incredibly difficult. It’s a wonderful throwback to the days before 3D graphics, long and ponderous cinematics, pretentious overblown storytelling, and the hard-to-play-but-easy-to-beat philosophy of game design had taken over the industry. We need more games like it – who doesn’t want to see another truly 2D Mario game [...]

When Henry Paulson began pushing for his $700 billion bailout of the banking industry last month, the first question that came to my mind was, “Where will it stop?” A month later, we still don’t know. And with the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Triumvirate pushing now for a $50 billion bailout of the U.S. Auto Industry and the [...]