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Elle and RJ begin their coverage of Mechanomancy, divination by Machine. RJ discusses the life of John Murray Spear and his transition from the Unitarian faith into Spiritualism. RJ goes into detail about Spear's attempts to build a Mechanical Messiah that will usher in an age of New Motive Power. RJ an Elle recount their trip to San Francisco to the Musee Mecanique where RJ acquired a vintage Zoltar reading. Elle interprets the reading on the card. Support the show
We empty out our change purse and visit Dan Zelinsky - the owner and head mechanic of the Musee Mecanique - one of the few remaining vintage arcades in the country. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/musee-mecanique-san-francisco
Cole & Tayler return from California. Cole is embarrassed by his own driving, Tayler is impressed by the Redwoods, Cole is dunked on by a homeless lady because he smiled at her & the Musee Mecanique is a dark, racist tour attraction that everyone can enjoy! All of this & more on this week's edition of Comic Can Coozie!
Lords: * JohnB * Kevin * JADES data: https://jades.idies.jhu.edu/public/ Topics: * Thoughts on approximately 5/12 of Don Quixote * The Time Life "Mysteries of the Unknown" Series (1987-1991) and its impact on a generation of young nerds * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MysteriesoftheUnknown * https://www.reddit.com/r/IcebergCharts/comments/r487u4/distantastronomicalobjectsiceberg/ * https://www.slideshare.net/DirkTheDaring11/timelife-mysteries-of-the-unknown-the-ufo-phenomenon * https://archive.org/details/DreamsAndDreaming201809/page/n33/mode/2up * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lal0aWAys0k * Thomas Edison didn't think telephones needed to ring. He figured the caller could just start yelling "hello" at you even before you answered the phone * Desiderata * https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html * https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/lessonimages/lesson372/PoloniusExcerpt.pdf * Is pinball meant to be fun? Can you lose a quarter at an arcade faster in a game cabinet or in a pinball machine? * https://arcadeblogger.com/2018/07/06/arcade-holy-grail-the-pinball-circus/ * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAtVBb8rOok * https://archive.org/details/TILTTheBattleToSavePinballDisc2Extras Microtopics: * Dog ownership. * A living creature that just wanders around the house. * Picking up warm soft weird thing. * Cracking open a cold one. * Computers flush with science data. * The deepest images humans have ever taken. * Finding distances to individual galaxies. * Listicles you can peruse. * Picking a galaxy and naming it after yourself. * Bug Mars 2. * The Glass Universe. * Hiring women and calling them computers. * A guy with a lot of free time and a gold nose. * Some public domain books being more readable than others. * Pun localization. * North American otaku tilting at windmills with their katanas. * How people pronounce quixotic and how they ought to pronounce quixotic. * Whether we respect English majors on this show. * Naming a character something weird and hoping nobody argues about the pronunciation hundreds of years from now. * Butthead as Don Quixote and Beavis as Sancho Panza. * The Great Cornholio tilting at windmills. * The era of translations that don't realize Don Quixote is a parody. * Part II of Don Quixote responding to Don Quixote fan fiction. * Don Coyote. * Sending Mario Maker back to Miguel Cervantes to see what he would make. * The kinds of books your parents would have on their shelf, back when that was the only thing available to read. * The 80s resurgence of New Age thought. * Mystic Places. * The Shin Megami Tensei section in the library. * Where to find the books that teach you magic in the public library. * The canonical map of reported UFO sightings worldwide. * Books for the kind of person who thinks Aleister Crowley is cool. * The Spaceships of Ezekiel. * The JWST iceberg. * The Distant Astronomical Objects iceberg. * A tin can and a string with a battery attached. * Hello, fellow phone owner. * A phone call asking you to log into a web site and read a message. * Funny ways to answer the phone. * E.B. Games, where you can get F-Zero for Zero. * The size of fortune cookies in the 1920s. * Nice things to do and be. * Desiderata vs. Deteriorata. * Advice giving poems. * Skin cancer is mid. * Casey Kasem quitting Transformers after they wrote an episode featuring Abdul, king of Carbombya. * Avoiding loud and aggressive persons. * Pinball getting harder and more complex over the course of a century. * Baffleball. * Pinball features to make things easier for beginners. * The quickest way to lose money on an arcade game. * Tilt-sensing plum bobs. * A weird kinetic sculpture that exists just for your entertainment. * The Black Hole for Personal Reasons. * A boring and easy pinball cabinet that you can play for an hour when you want to get sick of pinball. * Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball. * Multidisc! * Pinball tables by George Gomez. * Pinball: not actually fun, but they did their best. * Free play skee-ball. * Pacific Pinball Museum and Musee Mecanique. * Twitter forgiveness.
Ethan tells Dave about everything Weird Al-related from the first weekend of San Francisco Sketchfest 2024! Hear all about Weird Al's three different appearances at the fest, and all of the amazing people Ethan met with unique Weird Al connections all weekend long!
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Co-hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight record on the Page Street Slow Street, and draft their favorite things that are back since San Francisco reopened. After expressing opinions about the removal of Page Street's artwork, Hartlaub and Knight pay tribute to cable cars, Musee Mecanique and a new Oasis SF drag show. Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is "The Tide Will Rise" by the Sunset Shipwrecks off their album "Community" and cable car bell-ringing by 8-time champion Byron Cobb. Follow Total SF adventures at www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ethernet heralds a new age of networked computing Sonic the Hedgehog is coming... Playstation2 gets a US launchdate These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Links: 1980: Stern Electronics gets into video RePlay August 1980, pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company)#Stern_Electronics Nintendo signs distribution deal with Far East Video RePlay August 1980, pg. 25 https://moneyppl.com/two-washington-frat-boys-became-millionaire-arcade-game-distributors/1238/ Musee Mecanique featured in Atari Coin Connection https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_4_Number_8_August_1980/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_M%C3%A9canique https://museemecanique.com/ RePlay magazine profiles Argentine coin-op operator RePlay August 1980, pg. 17 http://www.sacoacard.com/press_release/playmetercoverstory.html Handheld games take to TV Plaything August 1980, pg. 27 pg. 33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYovW27KBC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49nY1dyq2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwt9Lk6e-7s Fantasy and strategy games are booming Toys Hobbies & Crafts August 1980, pg. 45 D&D implicated in student's death https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/18/archives/brilliant-computer-student-dies-from-gun-wound-intellectual-fantasy.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazes_and_Monsters https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046 Ethernet is here! https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198008/page/n18/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet Radio Shack expands TRS-80 line https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/01/archives/radio-shack-broadens-its-home-computer-line-broadening-a-threeway.html?searchResultPosition=2h https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Pocket_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_II https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-08/page/n7/mode/1up The fourth Hypertext conference takes playce in Pennsylvania https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198008/page/n22/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson SoftSide becomes a real boy... I mean magazine and advertises Mystery House from On-Line Systems! https://www.mobygames.com/game/hi-res-adventure-1-mystery-house https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-23/page/n4/mode/1up Cryptologist funding cut https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/27/archives/science-agency-blocks-funds-to-aid-research-on-computer-coding.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Adleman 1990: MGT enters receivership https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n6/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_105_1990-08_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9 https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-79/page/n13/mode/1up ST CD to take on CDTV sans CDi https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-10/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.maedicke.de/atari/hardware/cdar504.htm Wingleader gets in depth previews https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n38/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/wing-commander Leisure Suit Larry is going to the movies https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n8/mode/1up https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/al-lowe-interview Sierra remakes King's Quest 1 https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-10/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/roberta-williams-kings-quest-i-quest-for-the-crown Nolan Bushnell wants to bring VR to the masses within three years https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n8/mode/1up And Bushnell also wants to bring TV to your screen... https://www.inc.com/magazine/19890901/5784.html https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n9/mode/1up Super Famicom gets a release date https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20013%20%28August%201990%29#page/n24/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System British developer Argonaut rumored to be developing 3D graphics for Nintendo https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_105_1990-08_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/argonaut-games-plc First preview shot of Sonic the Headgehog revealed https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20013%20%28August%201990%29#page/n26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/sonic-the-hedgehog Mike Tyson dropped from Punch Out https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20013%20%28August%201990%29#page/n24/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES) Konami introduces the Laser Scope https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20013%20%28August%201990%29#page/n32/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserScope 2000: PS2 North American launch date announced https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3955-gamepro-issue-143-august-2000/ pg. 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 Sony launches PSOne https://archive.org/details/NextGen68Aug2000/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_models#PS_One Sega restrucuters and has a new president https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20133%20%28August%202000%29#page/n53/mode/1up Sega offers $50 refund to Dreamcast owners that sign up for free month of internet service https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20133%20%28August%202000%29#page/n45/mode/1up Sega shows off Dreamcast DVD drive and MP3 VMU at E3 https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20133%20%28August%202000%29#page/n47/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20133%20%28August%202000%29#page/n53/mode/1up CGW talks GOTCHA http://mechanar.com/gotcha/menu.htm https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_193/page/n42/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,107204/ Paul Steed fired from id https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_193/page/n41/mode/1up https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7315 https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1065/ South Korea to promote game development https://archive.org/details/NextGen68Aug2000/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_in_South_Korea Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption gets pilloried in tests https://archive.org/details/NextGen68Aug2000/page/n85/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade_%E2%80%93_Redemption Looking Glass closes its doors https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_193/page/n36/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_193/page/n37/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Glass_Studios Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.
...................TWO.SIDES.TO.EVERY.STORY................................. A mix by Fray D.Jay for Rádio Etiópia http://www.filefactory.com/file/78nrl3xxixfp/TwoSides%20%281%29.mp3 01. Iggy Pop - James Bond; 02. Wild Orchids - Spectral (04.31); 03. Musee Mecanique – The Man Who Sleeps (08.39); 04. The Tumbled Sea – A Song for Staying In (12.44); 05. Chicane – Playing Fields (Sun Sets Version) (17.57); 06. Bunraku - Meguro (21.21); 07. Tindersticks – She’s Gone (Mark Radcliffe Sessions) (25.53); 08. Data Rebel – After the Rain (28.27); 09. Systek – The Quiet Rain (33.43); 10. Grasscut – The Tin Man (37.08); 11. Myar - Tomorrow (41.19); 12. Julien Baker - Appointments (44.46); 13. Celestial – Feel Again (49.08); 14. Echo Grid - Omnipresent (54.57); 15. Afterlife & Calladine – Clear Blue Sky (Blank & Jones Remix) (59.36); 16. Lissie – Everywhere I Go (65.01); 17. Opil – Acqua Alta (68.42); 18. Glowly - Hollow (71.23); 19. Lloyd Cole – The Loudness Wars (74.37) Total Time: 01.19.57 Sultry voice of Radio Etiopia: Ana Ribeiro …. Boris & Donnie - The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum.
Hakuro Matsuda さんをゲストに迎えて、NVIDIA, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, レトロゲーム、スティーブズ、PS4 Neo, モバイルゲームUX、Lytro などについて話しました。 Show Notes Google for Mobile - Game Bootcamp Google Developers Summit 羽田空港日米路線をANAに2枠新規配分 - ANAは4枠/JALは2枠に Nvidia: The Geforce GTX 1080 Graphics Card GeForce新製品「GTX 1080/1070」正式発表 Oculus Rift Heading to Best Buy Stores HTC Vive マイクロソフトの「HoloLens」に感じた期待と課題 Magic Leap NVIDIA Code Names GAME ON ファイナルファイト ハイスコアガール 岡崎に捧ぐ Computerspielemuseum Musee Mecanique ゲームセンターCX in U.S.A. Back in 1995 東京トイボックス 新装版 Rez Infinite Revealed for PlayStation VR Netflix Party Sony's rumored 'PS4.5' E3 2016 Intel cancelled Atom Tim Cook in CNBC interview India rejects Apple's refurbished iPhones Doordash Holoflex Lytro Microsoft's hover gestures Why touchscreen controls in mobile games are the worst Android N preview 2 supports Vulkan
Il meglio della musica indipendente e chaki, secondo Danilo "Nilo" Deninotti e Fabio "Faz" Deotto, in un programma mensile fatto di rubriche che cambiano ogni volta.
What other museum allows you to play with the collection? The coin-operated amusements of the Musee Mecanique, now at Pier 45, had a long history in western San Francisco.
Haines Eason reads his poems "This Town Will Throw Itself at Anyone," "Crickets in an Airtight Jar," and "Musee Mecanique."