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Year: 2011

Even the boy’s new toys…

31 December 20111 January 2012 Earl

…know when it’s time to call a designated driver. Y’all be safe out there tonight. Poor red Yoshi, passed out by the side of the road. He tried to walk home and it just didn’t […]

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The results of the NM Lottery Star Trek scratch-o-rama…

30 December 201130 December 2011 Earl

As you might remember from yesterday’s post, two friends of mine from New Mexico sent me the Star Trek scratcher cards from the NM Lottery. What the heck, why not go ahead and scratch them […]

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The stash, 2011 edition

29 December 201130 December 2011 Earl

Allow me to introduce you to my very Trekkie 2011 Christmas stash. Charles and Mr. Flibble threw a Hastings gift card my way, and John hurled an Amazon gift card at me with all of […]

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…and become a Jedi, like your father

28 December 201128 December 2011 Earl

One of Little E’s favorite games on his Leapster 2 is Star Wars: Clone Wars Jedi Math. From just listening to it (and, okay, playing it just a little bit), it’s a pretty fun little […]

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A meaty topic

27 December 201115 January 2013 Earl

Dinner tonight is steak. Big steaks! I have Rather Substantial Steaks cooking right now. Or R.S.S. for short. Which means, of course, that tonight’s dinner constitutes an R.S.S. feed. Now just wait until you hear […]

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It’s well past time to come out of the closet

26 December 2011 Earl

…especially since it’s the kid’s closet, and he has to be in bed soon. So wake up and come on down, Portia! (Apologies to anyone who had a heart attack just from the subject line)

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AAAAAAHHH! CHRISTMAS!!

25 December 2011 Earl

Are you ready to get a load of this? I’m not sure the little guy was – he was still half-asleep on autopilot this morning for present-opening time.

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Toy Opening Story

24 December 201125 December 2011 Earl

Christmas Eve was pretty jam-packed here at ye olde Greenhaus. As expected, my wife had to work all day, but this didn’t mean the boys were sitting around the house all day. After eating (and […]

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I'm just your typical compulsively-writing, sci-fi-and-science-obsessed, classic-video-game-playing, action-figure-collecting dad.


That's me in red with the smooth round head.

I run theLogBook.com and host its daily Escape Pod podcast and the monthly podcasts Select Game and Don't Give This Tape To Earl. I've written several books (WARP!1, VWORP!1, VWORP!2, Fatherhood, Fandom And Fading Out, and The Escape Pod Logs), and produced the Phosphor Dot Fossils video game documentaries. Follow me on Twitter @LogBookGuy, like theLogBook.com on Facebook, or contact me here.

Retrogram Podcast

  • Retrogram #7636: Things To Watch While Landing On Mars

    The week of August 29th, 1976: Let’s say you’re heading for a landing on Mars, getting ready to do science stuff.  You’re probably not thinking about the fact that you’re going to miss shows about alien men escaping the yoke of female oppression, treacherous shape-shifters, and big Helix energy.  It’s a good thing Retrogram is…

    http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/retrogram/retrogram_7636.mp3

Don't Give This Tape To Earl

  • 403: Showrunner! The Home Game

    Cut and Print: In yet another testament to the very strange way in which your host’s brain works, enjoy this introduction to Showrunner!: The Home Game – also known as outlining a nonexistent season of TV without actually writing out the episodes, or window shopping at the idea store. Also: what I’ve been reading, some…

    http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/thistape/this_tape_403_showrunner.mp3

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Was Q*Bert too easy?  Apparently its creators thought so, and they prepared a little something for players who were too good at the original.

Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Faster Harder More Challenging Q*Bert (arcade, 1983)
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Oh, but we do need another H.E.R.O. - part man, part helicopter, prone to being killed by touching bats, and still all awesome.

Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: H.E.R.O. (Colecovision, 1984)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_vpQWY_tB0lI
It is a time of darkness, of killer pickles and homicidal hot dogs...it is the time of burgers, and it's happening on your Atari.  But does it really play like the arcade game?

Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: BurgerTime (Atari 2600, 1983)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_8CO50EI_MPY
The hills have eggs.  I only have eggs for you.  The eggs have it.  Aim for the whites of their eggs.  The eggs are the window to the soul.  Wait, what??

Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Eggor (arcade, 1983)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_pPErcH4Bglo
At the bottom of the world, a penguin goes about his day...and you can help him!...at least for short stretches of time in this unfinished playable demo.

Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Antarctic Adventure (Colecovision, 1984 [unreleased])
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_DvP0orFfeRc
Is your fish in a funk...or in a tank?  Or is it in the deep blue sea with things that can be shot and turned into cherries?  What about this game makes sense, and why is it so much fun?

Phosphor Dot Fossils ( http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ ) is one of the web's oldest archives of vintage console, computer, and arcade games; there was also a 2-DVD documentary of the same name, covering the early history of video games, produced in 2008 and 2009 (now available for download at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ ).  And these days?  PDF aims to bring a more laid-back, less-caffeinated, less-profanity-spewing experience to the retro video game longplay video.

Check out my other projects and podcasts: eBooks "VWORP!1", "VWORP!2", "WARP!1" and "Fatherhood, Fandom, And Fading Out" available at http://www.thelogbook.com/store/ and at Amazon!

Select Game: Expanded Memories of the Odyssey2 podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/

Retrogram podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/retrogram/

Don't Give This Tape To Earl podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/

theLogBook.com's Escape Pod daily mini-podcast - http://www.thelogbook.com/podcast/

And, of course, the site that started it all, combining sci-fi, retro video games, book, music and toy reviews, and all sorts of retro-futurist fun: http://www.thelogbook.com

All of the above podcasts are available on iTunes and Stitcher. Want to support more projects like all of the above? Feel free to throw a few coins in the hat at http://www.patreon.com/thelogbook/ or help rebuild the post-cross-country-move studio via our Amazon wish list at http://a.co/7oUbGgb - and many many thanks to everyone who has supported theLogBook.com's podcasting and videocasting endeavours!

The theme music is the "Phosphor Dot Fossils Theme" by Earl Green.
Phosphor Dot Fossils: Funky Fish (Atari 2600, 1983 unreleased prototype)
YouTube Video UCQhbcY-vixBkryMO0UMZ5UQ_LNNn6RmM57c
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