Before there was Super Mario or The Sims -- hell, before there was
even Pac-Man -- there was Space Invaders, the 1978 video game that gave
us all the ability to shoot freaky buggers from outer space while
sitting in the comfort of our own living rooms. It was so popular, even
the British fell in love with it (by the way, I love that Super
Breakout is characterized as "educational" in this commercial):
Like
all wonderful things from the '70s and '80s, Space Invaders is getting
revamped for this millennium. Specifically, the game was re-released
last month as Space Invaders Extreme. "Extreme" -- that makes it sound
so daring, so high-octane, so Vans Warped Tour, doesn't it?
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