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Time-lapse shows construction of original Microsoft campus

Posted April 15, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Watch the 1986 building of Microsoft's Redmond campus in this cool time-lapse video.
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Hacking evolution: From good to evil to good

Posted March 29, 2013 - 10:19 am

Video outlines the background of how hacking when from enthusiasts to criminals, and how good hackers are trying to take back the term.
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If Bob Ross taught ASCII painting in the '80s

Posted February 25, 2013 - 2:32 pm

Cool mash-up merges ASCII-painting with PBS' Bob Ross. Magic ensues.
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Mash-up gold: The Avengers meet The Breakfast Club

Posted February 4, 2013 - 2:17 pm

Only on the Internet: Grouping together an '80s teen film with a super-hero blockbuster. Yet strangely, it works.
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Video games your dad could win

Posted November 28, 2012 - 4:09 pm

Parody video highlights the joys of "Super Easy Mode" for classic video games.
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Retro: Hard times for the Dire Straits video CGI guy

Posted November 12, 2012 - 11:40 am

Bad luck for the refrigerator delivery man from the 1980s music video "Money for Nothing".
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A Windows 8 interface we can all get behind

Posted October 31, 2012 - 3:15 pm

What if Windows 8 was actually Windows 80s?
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Watch these retro ads for fake video games from Wreck-It Ralph

Posted October 24, 2012 - 10:53 am

Promos for animated movie lets you visit some of the video game worlds featured in the film.
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Walt Disney and others discuss Epcot opening

Posted October 1, 2012 - 3:47 pm

More looks back at the beginnings of Epcot 30 years ago today.
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Celebrate 30 years of EPCOT center by watching Spaceship Earth construction

Posted October 1, 2012 - 9:52 am

Happy 30th birthday Epcot Center! Watch some classic Epcot videos here.
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Weird Al has some competition: Chuck E. Cheese

Posted September 11, 2012 - 1:22 pm

Relive the '80s through the magic of Chuck E. Cheese parody music videos.
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Current video game characters battle old-school 8-bit rivals

Posted August 31, 2012 - 10:19 am

Cosplayers make cool video about new games vs. old games
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The Olympics in 8-bit video game format

Posted July 31, 2012 - 4:54 pm

The Olympics and video games are a time-honored tradition.
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Archives: Even AT&T liked cheesy '80s music

Posted July 25, 2012 - 11:08 am

1986 ad campaign asked customers to make "The Right Choice"
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Watch 30 years of PC games in under 3 minutes

Posted July 19, 2012 - 9:57 am

Video and audio remix makes entertaining music out of computer games
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Watch all 6 Star Wars trailers in one spot

Posted July 6, 2012 - 9:56 am

Head back to a time when Star Wars movies were fresh and new.
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What if Spotify existed in the '80s?

Posted June 25, 2012 - 5:59 pm

Lots of beeps and books in latest nostalgia video from SquirrelMonkeyCom.
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Did this 1985 film coin the phrase 'information superhighway' and predict Siri?

Posted June 21, 2012 - 5:24 pm

AT&T film from 1985 talks about superhighways of information and computers that people can talk to in order to get information. Ooooh!
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Classic video game Dragon's Lair gets Kinect support

Posted May 1, 2012 - 3:53 pm

Jump around your living room trying to save the princess.
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If LinkedIn was invented in the '80s

Posted April 30, 2012 - 9:30 am

What would our favorite business social network / job hunting site look like if it had an '80s makeover?
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Failure means video death: Watch a 1982 report on video games

Posted April 13, 2012 - 10:40 am

Take a trip back to the early days of the video arcade with us and watch a reporter get a lot of things wrong.
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Friday the 13th video fun

Posted April 13, 2012 - 10:11 am

Jason is just trying to move on with his life, but he's having a hard time of it.
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Pac-Man as an action film

Posted April 5, 2012 - 3:48 pm

Watch out for those "spectrals", Pac-Man!
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Retro Wednesday: Today's video games and Web sites, yesterday!

Posted April 4, 2012 - 2:07 pm

What if Twitter, Facebook and Angry Birds were developed 30 years ago?
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Meet the voice of Admiral Ackbar

Posted March 30, 2012 - 9:41 am

Cool interview with the guy who uttered 'It's a trap!' in 1983 Star Wars film.
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