Back in the distant past (B3ta Newsletter 84) I asked our readers this:
Sometimes I fill this section of the newsletter with whimsey, sometimes bad jokes and sometimes nuggets of good ideas that I simply can’t be arsed to persue myself.
So imagine my (belated) surprise when B3ta boarder Account88888 got in touch to say he’d actually gone and made some and would I fancy giving away a few via the site?
Figuring this was a great opportunity to get some free scarfs for winter, how could I say no?
I thought long and hard about doing a fantastic photoshoot, and then thought, fuck it, I’ll just take a couple of snaps with them drapped around some old computers.
First off is a Scramble themed scarf, keeping a Cambridge Computers Z88 toasty and warm.
Secondly we’ve got a Space Invaders one making sure that the Spectrum +2 doesn’t get a cold interface this Christmas.
Anyway. I’ve got three to give away to B3ta readers. All you have to do is complete this exciting tie-breaker in 15 words or less and add it as a comment on this very blog post.
“I love 8-bit gaming because…”
And if you can’t be arsed with bollocks compos then maybe you’d like to buy one via B2D4.
WINNERS!
Yay, we’ve got three people that B2D4 reckon are the tops, and they’re getting a scarf each.
- I’ve never been called a n00b playing missile command… (soscynicalsohip)
- 10 REM SCARF COMPETITION HACK FOR INFINATE WARMTH
20 POKE 0121,666
30 SYS 2059
RUN (monkeon) - I love 8-bit gaming because thats where I learned that men love a girl who’s a computer nerd….but not one who can beat them every time. So a scarf would keep me warm on all those victorious yet lonely nights. (onlythegirl)
BECAUSE IT’S GOT 8 BITS! AND HORACE GOES SKIING!
its cold in scotland. i don’t have a scarf. can i have one of them please. i don’t like retro games.
I used to love 8-bit computing because I could ‘peek’.. and carry on to ‘poke’.. and no one would bat an eyelid!
xxx
a bazillion colours and 3D are for wankers.
because waiting 5 minutes for the game to load is all part of the experience actually.
- – …Because it’s a horrifically painful experience.
“Mystery Bob” – five minutes?… try 35 minutes, then face a reinstall because a milk float (or anything) passed within 35 miles of your house and upset the power supply.
BECAUSE YOU COULD BEAT UP A MONKEY WITH A FUCKING HAMMER
…because that’s where MAGENTA came from!
…because no game has more replay value than Jet Set Willy.
Um. Llamas. Yes, llamas.
Jet set willy and Manic Miner,
In these times, the games were simpler.
Jet Pac ruled but Sam Fox Poker,
With pixel tits, who could hate her.
Peek and Poke, helped the games I scored,
Who could hate that rubber keyboard!
Dont hate yourself for loving it,
Gotta love those days of just 8 bit!
(sorry)
I always wanted a paper round but couldn’t be arsed getting up early.
“I love 8-bit gaming because…nothing’s like Pac-man going Dig-Dug on Mrs. Pac-man resulting in the ultimate pitfall: poor sequels.”
(Yes, I know Dig Dug isn’t hyphenated. But I had to get it to 15 words.)
…boulder dash brought me to worship the old gods of slime and bowel cancer.
because of Zanac.
This contest just caused me to put an NES emulator onto my hard drive for the purpose of playing the hardest shooter ever.
That’s a first.
Also because of how Scramble made me feel in my belly, knowing that I could never afford to play it as much as I wanted to. Having a warm scarf with the graphics around my neck would help so much to heal that pain.
And because I want to look like a big (but humble) old geek, so badly. It’s only what I am, and I’d like to look that way. More so.
Lastly for the Christmas day and the days which followed when I played Space Invaders for twelve hours or more until I could play it to some extent whenever I shut my eyes.
Oops:
the hardest shooter ever: Zanac. Now on my hard drive, thanks to this contest.
…because my Babbage Engine is shit at CounterStrike: Source.
“I love 8-bit gaming because…”
…its more enjoyable than fucking my fat pig of a wife.
… my older brother would scream NO YOU’RE A GIRL GET AWAY FROM MY FUCKING COMPUTER and then later I’d wipe snot on the keys. Umm tasty.
Because I remember 4 bit gaming, and that really did suck….
…the flashing lights and buzzing of the loading screen gave me the idea to invent dance music
…it was the most fun I had before I discovered wanking.
I love 8-bit gaming because …
because after ten pints my head cant cope with anything 3d.
i love 8-bit gaming because it was all over before i was born.
I love 8-bit gaming because… It makes my eyes bleed
…. guys find it hot that a girl like me has retro gaming systems.
…I’m an old cunt with fingers too arthritic to cope with 16 button controllers
I love 8 bit gaming beacuse it’s seven better than one bit.
I love 8 bit gaming because it raped me and is now holding a knife to my neck. Help.
“I love 8-bit gaming because…” chicks dig it
I love 8 bit gaming because…..fuck it – can I have a scarf please Rob?
i love 8-bit gaming because i’m not old.
I love 8-bit gaming because I only had to dodge bullets in at the most eight directions.
because the images make good scarves with which to strangle your smug PS3 owning brother.
I love 8-bit gaming because it reminds me of my girlfriend – burnt in green phosphor and screeching as she loads.
Scarf, Scarf, Scarf!
because after the stroke i see the world in 8-bit. ooooh blocky.
because its twice as bleepy, sexy, and glorious as 4-bit gaming!
…1 bit gets a bit frustrating sometimes.
there’s 8 of them.
it makes my nipples all tingly
Because I’m an 8-bit whore. I’m now need just one more mitten, one scarf, and a bobble for my 8-bit hat, and my (Miner Willy) will stop slapping me upside the head. Plus… well you know.. winter’s setting in and stuff and I’ll be retiring soon. Actually sod it. I thought mentioning whoring would guarantee me a scarf but it’s gone nowhere. Give one to danshome instead. That made me giggle.
PIMP. (Miner Willy). Bollocks.
My Atari still works and my Xbox doesn’t. And Llamas!
now I’m elite
I like 8 bit gaming…
because there were only 8 bits to remember
Because waiting twenty minutes for a game to load fucking rocked.
… Actually, I don’t, I’ve just got a cold neck.
I love 8-bit gaming because…
My cock is shaped like a 5 1/2″ floppy!