This has long been one of my favorite ad’s. It came out at a time when there was little mainstream publicity on gaming, and cut to the heart of what gaming means to so many people. The complete escapism that gaming can bring.
The Impact Of Being A Gaming Parent
With so much bad press being written about gaming these days I thought I’d post a link to a little story I’d found from a mothers perspective, and enjoying gaming with her son. It’s a bit cheesy and has every emotive word in bold but it’s still a good read. helping us to remember that gaming can be shared and enjoyed just like any family hobby.
Bye Bye Audio Cassettes
Ok – It’s finally happened, cassettes are dead. To be fair though, i have some nice memories, early spectrum games loading from tape, – recording things from the radio, listening to music on my first Walkman. But we can wave goodbye to stretchy tapes jamming up recorders, trying to stick them back together again, or continuously trying to find the start of a track on a player that only has a FF button. Happy days..full article on BBC
