The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.
Read the rest at Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything.
Get ready to play your way through the history of video games at the international blockbuster exhibition Game On 2.0.
This action-packed celebration of video games culture has thrilled more than one million players of all ages around the world and is exclusively in Tasmania at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston.
Game On 2.0 tracks the development of videogames from the earliest computer games to arcade-era hits and the very latest from today’s billion-dollar industry. With more than 120 playable games, as well as rarely seen consoles, controllers and collectables, this is a showcase of games history like no other.
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery – Exhibitions@Inveresk.
>>download flyer (293k pdf)
Game On 2.0 exhibition
Saturday 3 July – Sunday 3 October 2010
Open daily 10 am to 5 pm
Plus Late Night Thursdays until 9 pm
QVMAG @ Inveresk, Launceston
Tickets: Full $15 / Concession: $12 / Family (2 Adults, 2 children) $45
