Geeking Out

OMGosh I just found a place online to play Atari games! There are three pages of games for you to remember and play. I literally cried when I played Adventure and Defender again for the first time in 25 years. Like no kidding. I. cried. My sense memory even remembered the way through the maze in Adventure!

Burger Time is not the same online as the hot dogs and salt and pepper shakers are very pixellated and its not the same experience. But the other two are perfect, complete with the right sounds for everything so turn on your speakers!

Anyone else geeking out like me?

Super Geeky Atari Quilt Love

Ohmygosh have you seen this amazing Space Invaders Quilt over at CarolinaPatchworks? Wowzers! As a member of the Atari generation, I salute you Emily for your tribute to our shared former passion (using our shared current passion!).



When I saw it I was like, "Of course! Pixels! Pixels just lend themselves to quilting, don't they!?" Duh, why didn't I think of that? I am sooooo going to try to make one someday.

If Space Invaders wasn't your bag, you might like this DonkeyKong quilt instead! Or how about this super amazing Galaga quilt. Great colors in that one. Or, if you're a little younger than me you might like this Legend of Zelda quilt or this Super Mario quilt.

Check out all the video game quilts she's made, yes there's more! I thought her husband's nickname for her was really funny too. She really did lay these quilts down one line at a time, just like a dot matrix printer. When I make mine I'm going to make each alien, etc. its own block. I don't think I want to spend the time with graph paper to figure out whole lines!

Edited to say: Want to make your own Super Mario quilt block? Marie at DIY-namite gives instructions right here!