There's a Pong tournament on a Philly skyscraper tonight(destructoid.com)

33 pointsby guvor 13 Jahren8 comments

There's a Pong tournament on a Philly skyscraper tonight

http://www.destructoid.com/there-s-a-pong-tournament-on-a-philly-skyscraper-tonight-252060.phtml

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http://i.imgur.com/MPDDoht.jpg

It will also be happening again on Wednesday for Philly Tech Week.

A couple weeks ago there was a similar installation as part of an art show in São Paulo. There were a dozen different games you could play using a phone/tablet off the street. I like the 'bike invaders' one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

ginkovor 13 Jahren

Looks less sophisticated than the CCC's Blinkenlights project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdaXP7hLHEs

[deleted]vor 13 Jahren

brianbreslinvor 13 Jahren

Am I the only one who pictured a beer pong tournament on the roof of a skyscraper before reading the link?

kenohvor 13 Jahren

There'll also been some awesome chiptune artists playing: Cheap Dinosaurs and Animal Style.

mhbvor 13 Jahren

There's a Bay Bridge in Oakland that could use some Pong.

mapstervor 13 Jahren

very fitting. I fist discovered a pong console with paddles in the TV hutch in 1979. that was my first arcade summer. where? in Philly!

jerenvor 13 Jahren

blinkenlights all over again, good ideas never die.