MetaFilter posts tagged with amusement

There Goes Swifty

Gungho — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:33:26 -0800

Massachusetts witnesses the end of Greyhound Racing. Today is the last day of Greyhound racing at The Revere, Massachusetts Wonderland Greyhound track. After a 2008 referendum vote put on the ballot by Grey2K and others the 74 year tradition of Greyhound racing at the former Victorian era Wonderland amusment park will end with a slate of 12 races tonight. Some say this is a great day to be at the dogs, some say this is a great day for the dogs. Still others say that the majority of dogs will be moved to other states and lose out on the hoped for opportunity to be adopted. In the end hundreds will lose their jobs in a state with 9.7% unemployment. The fate of the dogs is uncertain, and Boston's famed Revere Beach loses its final attraction.

Marx and Mario

geoff. — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:22:59 -0800

Amusement (French Vogue meets Nintendo Power) takes iconic video games and discovers their origins. Jean-Yves Lemoigne fantasizes about pixels (NSFW?). Game couture?

A Coney Island of the Mind? Nah. Just Coney Island.

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:47:49 -0800

Here's a wonderful and visually creative document (complete with a curious and elaborate musical soundtrack and voices of actual barkers) of one full day in the life of Coney Island USA 1952. A fascinating glimpse of a bygone era! See also: Coney Island of the 1940s, and this color amateur film (with some surprisingly arty shots), Springtime at Coney Island 1944.

Breaking the tower

boo_radley — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:28:11 -0800

In the mood for a light realtime strategy game? Try Breaking the Tower. It's quite a bit like Settlers, but it's more streamlined.
Runs in the browser, requires java

A unique sideshow

djgh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:58 -0800

Waterboarding at Coney Island

Helping to dismantle the walls of deception, one brick at a time

owhydididoit — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:03:14 -0800

Catchpenny Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Explained by Larry Orcutt.

Goodbye, free time.

boo_radley — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:17:23 -0800

Vox Imperium A pretty deep web based civilization game.

GO WEST EAT DOT GO WEST EAT DOT

boo_radley — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:59:54 -0800

DotQuest Can you survive the deadly ghosts in this text adventure? via languagehat's blog in an oblique fashion.

SHOOT THEM UP

boo_radley — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:08:34 -0800

Mono wants you to have a seizure. Fast paced 2D shoot-em-up where your goal is to paint the screen white (or black) by shooting aggressive blobs of red, blue and green. (Free downloadable exe) [More Inside]

Classic Videogame Mashup

boo_radley — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:19:39 -0800

Megaman Vs. Ghosts and Goblins Megaman's trapped in the fiendishly difficult world of Ghosts and Goblins in this fan made flash game. The game's instructions don't mention that once the game is loaded, you need to click on START, then tap enter a few times to get things rolling.