This past weekend, I got to see King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary focused on two men, Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell, and their efforts to get the world record high score for the classic arcade game, ...Read More
Has it really been almost six months since my last post? Oui vey. Yeah, the Sukimon crew went underground during that time, to tend to various projects (coaching high school tennis, switching jobs, looking for a new place to live, bought ...Read More
With a runtime of over 23 minutes, this is one of the more painful video captures I've ever seen, a Super Mario Brothers mod, apparently created by some masochistic Taiwanese. Hardest. SMB. Mod. Ever. One can just watch the first couple ...Read More
When not fixing other people's problems, MB creates earrings out of Apple logo medallions extracted from old Macintosh cases. MB sold a bunch of these at one of the MIT Electronic Swapfests we visited this past summer and is now ...Read More
OK, so I posted Retro IV after posting Retro V highlights. At the time, I had more of the Retro V stuff ready than Retro IV, so I figured I just finish the Retro V post and free up the ...Read More
Retro Game Night V didn't have a big turnout as the previous Retro Nights, but Retro V ended up being one of the most hardcore game events thus far, for several reasons: Read More
With Fall officially here, it's time to step back and reflect on this past summer's adventures. Summer wouldn't be complete without at least going to a yard sale. While I did my annual yard sale hunting, I also got to ...Read More
Yes, Sukimon's been laying low for the past couple of months, which is, like, forever in webtime. Springtime is always a busy time: work deadlines, high school coaching, attending a friend's wedding, etc. But all that's taken care of now, ...Read More
...'cause he's all jacked up in this Super Mario Bros. speed competition, complete with Kenny Loggins background music. Behold the the insane ridiculosity that this video contains, as the competitors proceed to utterly destroy the game without even losing ...Read More
Flash-based multiplayer version of a video game classic. You are arbitrarily placed on one of two sides. Paddle position is determined by the average of where one side's mouse postions are, as indicated by the glowing blobs behind the paddles. Hypnoptic, ...Read More
