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Console, DIY, Gaming
December 10, 2018 Athol Courtenay
The PlayStation Classic may only be a week old but the creativity of the hacking community has already shone through with instructions for loading games onto the mighty little console appearing over the weekend.
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Console, Gaming, Product Review
December 3, 2018 Athol Courtenay
In the distant past of gaming, in a time before analogue sticks protruded prominently from our game controllers there existed a console that took the world by storm, the PlayStation. Today Sony has resurrected this gaming legend and gaven the world the PlayStation Classic, simultaneously giving the retro gaming world a huge shot in the arm.
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September 26, 2018 Athol Courtenay
The battle to dominate gaming in front of our TV's has raged since the birth of video games in the 80's. With the release of the classic mini consoles reliving these gaming memories and catching up on classics that you might have missed has never been so much fun, or simpler. Many of the biggest names of the 80's and early 90's are present NES, SNES, Sega MegaDrive, Commodore 64 and the soon to be released PlayStation.
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Gaming, Product Preview
Retro gaming is all the rage at the moment, and while Sony may be late to the retro game it has turned up to a knife fight with a 44 magnum. Mind you turning up well armed when going to war with Nintendo is not a bad strategy.
The PlayStation Classic is Sony's latest weapon in the console wars and this mini marvel will be packing 20 games pre-loaded and ready to rumble. Only 5 of games have been officially announced thus far; Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3 and Wild Arms. The remaining 15 are the subject of much speculation and you can bet Sony will trickle feed the announcements of the remaining games to us as the release date edges nearer, building the marketing momentum. The number of wish lists floating around the web is evidence that it is already working. Here at Highpants we have just one wish, Gran Tourismo.
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Movies, Tunes
The Fastest Fingers in the West, Dueling Banjos with Glen Campbell and Carl Jackson…
August 19, 2014 Athol Courtenay	Leave a comment
Popularized by the film Deliverance Dueling Banjos is one of those tracks that marks a point in time for many people. Originally released in 1973 the film quickly became famous for a number of memorable scenes, dueling banjos being one, squealing like a pig being another. If you haven't sat down done Deliverance your cinematic life isn't really complete.
The original "Dueling Banjos" was an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. Written in 1955 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos" that contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle". Smith recorded it playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by five-string bluegrass banjo player Don Reno. The version by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell went to #2 for four weeks on the Hot 100 in 1973 and topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks the same year. The song was actually used in Deliverance without Smiths permission which led to a lawsuit in 1973.
Presented for your viewing pleasure are the original, the film and a live versions of dueling banjos. The live and film versions played by the original maestros of musical mayhem, Glen Campbell and Carl Jackson. Three versions of one of the greatest guitar and banjo tunes ever committed to tape, as was the tradition at the time. Sit back, relax and let that neck red up till it itches.
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