Ok, so it’s not old tech, but this is a cool video-game themed party my sister put together on her blog.

denna's ideas

Who has heard of World of Goo?  And I don’t mean my kitchen….;) My kids used to play this game on the computer, this World of Goo.  A game based on principles of physics, the idea is to build structures out of goo balls that will reach certain heights and then other reactions will happen.  Anyways, the things that grabbed my attention on this game were the graphics and the music!  (Of course!)  My biggest beef about the computer games the kids play is whether I like the music or not!!  (Poptropica is fine because there is no music or noise!)

Last year we had a World of Goo birthday party, just our family, for our son’s birthday.  Like I said, I like the graphics and the colors in the game, the (mostly) black goo balls and windmills against colored skies.I especially like the purple skies!So I tried to get…

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R.O.B.

This is R.O.B., the Robotic Operating Buddy. History R.O.B. was an accessory for the original Nintendo Entertainment System that was primarily created for the North American pack-in version sold at launch in 1985.  R.O.B was included in the deluxe packages of the …

Referral Wednesday

When I began my collection of obsolete technology it was very scattershot.  I acquired items either because I had personal memories associated with them or else I liked their design or I simply was in the right place and the …