bev! @TonicBH@computerfairi.es

I wanna find out more behind-the-scenes stuff like this

like how the joker's wild had to use a custom rig to spin and stop three slide projectors to simulate the spinning "reels" of a slot machine.

forgot a 1970s game show used a bunch of Apple IIs hooked up to an Altair computer for its gameboard.

technology on game shows are wild, y'all

https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/apple-ii-powered-game-show/

I crave some goddamn catharsis.

was watching an Australian game show (The New Price is Right) and that was one of the prizes on offer

I have a question for my aussie friends: why did you have a van called the Jackaroo????

holden jackaroo

@Joshi there was a similar game show from a few years ago where the grand prize was paying off student loans

surprisingly the social media reaction seemed to be "wow this has what society is now, huh? we live in hell"

I imagine Debt would've had the same had social media existed in 1997 beyond USENET and IRC