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Moving old-school video games outside

As part of Kotaku’s Summer of Gaming, Brian Crecente has a fun post up on how to play classic video games–heaven forfend!–outdoors. He’s got games like Leapfrogger, Pac-Tag, Dodge Space Invaders, and more: Growing up meant summers spent outside for me. Long days locked outside with no hope of returning home until the sun fell […]

As part of Kotaku's Summer of Gaming, Brian Crecente has a fun post up on how to play classic video games--heaven forfend!--outdoors. He's got games like Leapfrogger, Pac-Tag, Dodge Space Invaders, and more:

Growing up meant summers spent outside for me. Long days locked outside with no hope of returning home until the sun fell and my parents called us for dinner.

My brother and I spent those sweltering days in Maryland, Thailand and Korea coming up with ways to torment one another and sometimes even have fun together. From the fabled pine cone wars faux fought in the nearby woods, to endless games of tag, cops n' robbers and spotlight, we never ran out of things to do.

I can't pretend that children today have those same sorts of childhood experiences. Many spend their days inside watching TV, reading books and even playing video games. That's not a bad thing, but it does lack some of the sweaty charm of a day spent running with friends.

(Via BoingBoing)