Space Invaders Attack World Trade Center At Games Convention

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:10:00 EDT

Let's file this one under "Too Soon." Seen at the "Invaders!" booth, tucked away in Hall Four of the Games Convention being held in Leipzig, Germany right now, was this ~~non-~~interactive installation featuring the classic Taito space faring aliens laying waste to the Twin Towers. It was projected on a massive screen in the vicinity of lots of classic Space Invaders goods, as the game is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It was... it was weird.

This hits three years after the first and last game to take on the World Trade Center hit Brooklyn.

Honestly, we're not quite sure what's going on here quite yet, as we didn't know the German translation for "What the fuck?" We do know, however, that the 8-bit tower jumpers and the negative score applied to each WTC tower to indicate damage aren't going to sit well with, we're thinking, everyone we know who doesn't hate freedom.

Update: It is an art exhibit, according the the French-American artist.

Paul Allen believes in aliens

Owen Thomas — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:49:57 EDT

Three minutes into an interview with Paul Allen on Boing Boing TV, Xeni Jardin asks the ultrarich Microsoft cofounder if he believes in little green men. And, well, he doesn't exactly say yes, but let's put it this way: You don't spend $50 million on an array of telescopes in the desert if you don't think there's a good chance. And what does Allen get for his millions? If it turns out there are, as the say, signs of intelligent life in the universe, he gets the first phone call. Take that, Bill Gates! You may be richer than your old college buddy, but he gets to hear about aliens first.

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Space Invaders Attack World Trade Center At Games Convention

Paul Allen believes in aliens