I wonder if her Japanese equivalent of Medicare covered the oxygen tanks? Do they even NEED Medicare in Japan, if their 73 year-olds are climbing mountains?

SimCity 2000 for 3 bucks!! I have my old Mac LC III still plugged in in my room back home, specifically to play this game.

GOG weekend sale is full of winners from the distant past at low, low prices [Joystiq]

“As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip …

I want all of these for my new apartment.

Give Your Modern Electronics a Handmade, 8-Bit Boost [Kotaku]

Does your PC need a power-up? Perhaps a little boost in speed, power, and size? Or maybe it just needs more magic, or a certain sword. Or maybe your iPhone will charge better if you plug it into a …

These are some original concept sketches for Spyro the Dragon, from right before when the character became Insomniac’s mascot, heralding in the era of PlayStation-branded 3D platforming games which continued on through the lifespan of the PS and PS2.

See How Spyro The Dragon Evolved In These Early Sketches [Kotaku]

Sure, Spryo may be the ostensible core of Activision’s hit Skylanders franchise but once upon a time, he started off as a simple pencil-on-paper drawing.
The sketches above come from an archive hosted…

I really hope Peter Weller is playing a villain in Star Trek 2. His turn as the main baddie on 24 gave us some of that series’ last great moments. Then again, he also lent a badass robotic edge to hero Alex Murphy in RoboCop, so I’m sure he’s perfectly capable of doing almost any role justice in the Star Trek canon.

Blastr: Peter Weller teases with cryptic clues about his Star Trek 2 role

Filming on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel may be over, but our search for clues to who’s playing who isn’t. We already think we know who Benedict Cumberbatch is, and now co-star Peter Welle…