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Wherein I am asked by Vangelis, during a conversation about the use of his music in the TV show Cosmos hosted by Carl Sagan, about the arcade game Tempest. [apparently this is a 1981 game but I saw it listed otherwise somewhere, which is why I played it. So I'm talking about it anyway]

While watching the Eagles parade on TV, I played some Pinball FX3 after not playing it for probably a year or more. Then I wasn't in the mood for an open world game like Agents of Mayhem, but a RPG, so I started the download for Dragon Age Origins and got back to my Necromancer in Diablo III. 

Not enough time to do my Time Warped blog because I was too busy gaming today. I got another silver slim PS2 to play some retro stuff that I'll mention in a later blog. Then I played more retro stuff on XBO that I'll also mention later. Finally I can quickly mention the other 3 games. 

Wherein Ookla the Mok reacts with horror at the game I am playing. 

I was shooting some golf at the Bushwood Country Club when head of maitenance, Carl Spackler, came up to me and started talking.

In which, after a recent Dead Kennedys concert and talking to Klaus Flouride about his bass sound on Viva Las Vegas, Klaus asks me about the arcade cabinet he saw me playing before the show.

Where I am questioned about arcade game King & Balloon by a Berg, bored with chasing me to get the Incal.

Where a mysterious voice asks me some questions about Pac-Man.

My plan for BaD is to extend my monthly Time Warped retro game blog to every day of the month. This month's focus is 1980, the 9am of arcade video gaming (the dawn was '78 with Space Invaders). That's not to say I'm sticking to just arcade games, no. I'm also going to play and write about console, PC and pinball games. I'll be playing them through the collections I have on the most recent systems possible. 

Got my PS3 up and running today. Then set up my Xbox 360 for about 5 games and then got back to Xbox One, played 4 retro games and got hooked on Marlo Briggs and the Mask of Death while waiting for another game to install.