YouTube starting to drip with 'Whiz Kids' stuff

Oh yes:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22whiz+kids%22&search=Search

This show was legendary at the time - the early 80's were really the beginning of the home computer era as we know it - yes, there were video games in the 70's - etc - but it was in the 80's where the home computer industry really took off.

god I hate youtube. I've got a 10meg connection and I'm forced to watch these clips that run at 100k at the most. I'm beta testing joost, but that sucks too. WebDivX seems alright, but needs a user content site like youtube to adopt it.

The thing with 'Whiz Kids' is nobody really cared about the story - they just wanted to see the computers and the hacking and all the tech stuff in the programmes. The actual acting stuff got in the way.

Once I've downloaded them all, I'm going to edit the exciting stuff into one video.

Shall we play a game? How about Global Thermonuclear War?

yes, like defcon. Don't really feel like a winner when you do win though.

Puki, back in 1983 all I did was watch Whiz Kids and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. Fond memories. /sniff

never saw it. Was it on in the uk? Anyway I'm watching in bed now.

I thought Puki was 8 years old? How can he possibly remember these shows from the 80's?

:)

an enjoyable romp but the youtube quality was disgusting!

yeah, Defcon is a great game. I like the name of their website, too - www.everybody-dies.com

"How about a nice game of chess?"

So it's like really geeky porn then?

"Puki, back in 1983 all I did was watch Whiz Kids and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. Fond memories. /sniff"

Back in 83, I did a lot of kicking and sucking my thumb. A little birth, and I bet a lot of crying.