“Life In The So-Called Space Age”
I haven’t mentioned it until now, but I received another watch for my birthday. Here it is:
It’s from Seiko, and is a kinetic watch. This means it never ever needs to have a battery replaced, since the power comes from the motion of the watch as I move my hands.
The back of the watch is transparent glass, so the workings can be seen. It is very impressive:
The watch is big, heavy and impressive. I like it 🙂
Here’s a cute video of our little toad enjoying a chippy snack:
Ironically, the best example of using cheesecake to sell arcade games also happens to be the first time it was ever done. That was in 1971, when Computer Space was released and this piece of art was used to sell it:
Stylish, isn’t she?
As the years went by more and more arcade games were advertised using cheesecake, which often had little relation to the gameplay.
Here’s an example of one such advert stuck more decidedly in the 1980’s:
Here’s an example of another one, which should be stuck in a shredder!
And here’s a case of the cheesecake in the ad being less than in the game:
