I saw this man sitting grumpily in a corner testing out his Wi-Fi in a Belfast Cafe. As long as he was on-line I pointed him to 'Letter to America'; specifically this post:
and had him try this on-line version of the game. See how it cheered him up! Yet another example of the healing power of Pong.
UPDATE - Wednesday, 5th April: In the comment section of this post Dave informs us that this mystery pong player is in fact the composer Brian Irvine.
Now, I'm not au fait enough with the Northern Irish music scene to be able to judge the quality of Dave's comment that Brian is Northern Ireland's 'greatest living composer' but I tell ya his music does, in fact, ROCK. Here's his website:
Go the the Music Section of the website where's there's a whole load of fantastic MP3s to play and tracks to purchase via PayPal.
Hmmm...give me 2-d Pong any day of the week. That 3-d version is too damn hard and reminds me of the sort of games Star Trek TNG thought we'd all be playing (and getting addicted to) in the future.
Posted by: fústar | March 31, 2006 at 07:27 AM
I can't open the game link at work . . . that makes me sad . . .
Posted by: Thom Brown, III | March 31, 2006 at 08:54 AM
Time to get a new job, TBIII.
Posted by: Phil | March 31, 2006 at 09:16 AM
Whereas I can play the game, but can't reply on these forums from work!
Posted by: Alan | March 31, 2006 at 11:44 AM
Ditto, Alan (see advice to TBIII).
Posted by: Phil | March 31, 2006 at 02:38 PM
that person on the laptop happens to be Brian Irvine- northern irelands greatest living composer!
- see http://www.brianirvine.co.uk/
Posted by: dave | April 05, 2006 at 07:41 AM