Digging Up Some 1980s Classics

APPARENTLY, there are no more good original ideas out there. Microsoft is following the lead of Hollywood in the mass production of remakes, rolling out a number of retro-1980s video games for its Xbox, including Frogger and Pac-Man, at right. Can't you just go to this site to get your '80s video game fix?
» "Microsoft to Release 1980s Games for Xbox" [AP via WaPo]

» A CHIMP + PAC-MAN: Speaking of Pac-Man, here's a chimpanzee that's trying to master the game. [YouTube]

» MORE RETRO: A Detroit-based blogger OnlyDrinkHighLife revisits many of his 1980s pop-culture crushes: Included on the list are Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable of "The Cosby Show"), Martika (Gloria on "Kids Incorporated"), Erin Gray (Mrs. Stratton on "Silver Spoons") and the Lubbock Sisters (of "Just the Ten of Us") If we're slow posting for the rest of today or tomorrow, it's because we're probably watching (and laughing at) Kids Incorporated segments on YouTube.

» VISUAL SCARRING: Someone at Good Housekeeping magazine hates Sarah Jessica Parker, alleges Go Fug Yourself. [GFY]

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Donn M. Fresard contributed to this report. Photo from the Washington Post archives.