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Have You Ever been Affected by Positivity… ?
Read more: Have You Ever been Affected by Positivity… ?From today’s title, you may have guessed that this is a follow-up to my last post about how a little hype can go a long way in helping us enjoy things that we actually enjoy. Last time, I talked about how the pervasive negative attitude surrounding video games at the moment might actually be affecting…
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Have You Ever been Affected by Negativity… ?
Here at shoesatthedoor, we talk a lot about how contemporary social media algorithms affect our view of reality. But I usually think about this in the context of either searching for or consciously receiving new information. When we consciously form opinions on the state of things in the world, we sometimes think uncritically about the…
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Read more: Let’s Go!
I have the semi irregular tradition of listening to DePaPepe the Japanese acoustic guitar duo while reading 100 years of solitude. It’s a good tradition and it reminds me of spring in…
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Read more: Blogs, CDs, and, Hopefully, Baggy Cargo Pants.
One thing that often comes up in conversations about interests in resurgences and retro items has to do with whether or not younger people are getting into it too. For us not…
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Read more: Waiting to Mosh
These guys were bored during the Mars Volta set so they started up a game of checkers. I got bored too after a few songs and got in on match number 3.…
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Read more: Have You Ever Revisited Lumines II… ?
Well, Michael posted about a DDR track and a GBA game and, somehow, I landed here, posting on shoesatthedoor and thinking about Lumines II for the psp. That was the first time…
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Read more: There’s Plenty of Old Anime
There’s plenty of old anime out there for those who know how to find it. Thankfully, there’s a lot on YouTube that’s easy to find, and not all of it is old…
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Read more: Have You Ever Gone on an Adventure Game… ?
Well, Dan Avidan has. So, in my last post, I reminded you about how I was putting together this internet hall of fame, but I didn’t elaborate on it much. The reason…
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Read more: Have You Ever Created a Hall of Fame?
Well, this is my first one. Since I started working on this blog, I’ve wanted to create a little “Hall of Fame” to recognize the internet’s creators and performers that stand out…
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Read more: Kuru Kuru Kururin
The pick up and play factor of this gem is golden. People have all kinds of reasons for turning to older games. For me I like the ability to just jump in…
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Read more: Listening tonight – Friday last day of February.
Sunset Rollercoaster has several songs that put me in a good place. I’m not sure of the precise thread but the Espresso song scratches a similar itch. A lot more upbeat, but…
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Read more: Have You Ever Eaten Soggy Cereal…?
Well, this guy is done with it. It’s food day here on ShoesAtTheDoor.com. No, it isn’t, but I should have posted this under Cereal Man. This is okay, though. It gives me…
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Read more: You Were Doing It Wrong…
You didn’t know. We didn’t know. It needed more hum anyway.
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Read more: L’arc En Ciel without Tetsuya
Have you ever wanted to listen to L’arc en Ciel without the Bass? Neither have I. But there is a release of Driver’s High without bass. Most likely this exists because they…
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Read more: Have You Ever Scrolled Down… ?
I almost never do. But when I saw this today, I felt I had to leave a comment. One person, who apparently felt the same way, goes by the username of JoeButtCrack.…
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Read more: Have You Ever Collected a Soul… ?
Well, Iron Pineapple has. In fact, he’s collected quite a few followers which now makes us wonder how he came by such compelling magic. For anyone struggling to make videos to upload,…
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Read more: Have You Ever Been Handed a Wet Towel and Gone, “Arrggghhh!”?
Well, Dr. Mitsuo Ando has. I finally finished reading Spiral, the second novel in Koji Suzuki’s Ring trilogy at around 5:50 p.m. yesterday, and if you’ve read that book before, you know…
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Read more: Did You Ever See a Weird-Looking Robot c. 1987… ?
I recently finished reading Michael A. Stackpole’s Warrior trilogy for the BattleTech tabletop and roleplaying games launched by the Fasa corporation all the way back in 1984. Though Wikipedia says that this…
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Read more: Have You Ever Been Entertained by the Nintendo System… ?
That’s the one I had, the one on the left, the top-loader. It was a rerelease well into the lifespan of the Super Nintendo. They even rereleased some of the biggest games…
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Read more: Carnivorous Plants is something I would get excited about as a kid
But it’s not really something I interact with at all I my adult life. We did have some Venus fly traps in the house.
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Read more: Eternity Forever – Fantasy (Guitar Tutorial)
There’s a bunch of stuff to like about this song, but for me it’s an example of all the right things happening with modern tech and conveniences. The production quality and mastering…
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Read more: Switch Play
The music took me way back.
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Read more: Have You ever Gotten Down to the Rat Detective Boogie… ?
That dirt and grime between the frames of this animated classic is not the uncomfortable feeling in your neck and shoulders. It’s just the salt and pepper on your funk hotdog.
