<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cf14a425-fe6d-43ce-9627-2deee6bd80aa/8D99F5E7-2D3E-4072-BD31-EA17DBEB104D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php" href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.geekologie.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><H1><SPAN class="date">Aug 18 2009</SPAN><A href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php">Mom, Where Do Video Games Come From?</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geekologie.com/img/9718D298-A39D-4DD4-BD15-D50BC2B8AE67" alt="game-factory-1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><P>This is a little <A href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/when_the_fairy_tale_ends_real.php">gallery</A> of <A href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/childhood_fears_recreated_as_p.php">photographs</A> by Marc Da Cunha Lopes showing the <A href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/07/good_news_robots_in_japan_bein.php">factories</A> where video games come from. This photo here is the factory where <A href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/07/blocky_love_a_tetris_heart_tat.php">Tetris</A> blocks are manufactured, but if you hit the jump you'll see (in this order) the Sonic, Pong, Mario and Arkanoid factories. And to think my mom told me video games came from a Japanese stork. That's only true for Asian babies, silly! </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><P>Hit the jump for the rest, and the link to see the shots in high-res.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geekologie.com/img/35222E9B-BD07-4961-9564-A1FF09620C2F" alt="game-factory-2.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geekologie.com/img/DDE1FFC8-AEA1-4356-84AF-C3DE40FB06CF" alt="game-factory-3.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geekologie.com/img/9F6A3AA8-C60D-4823-91D8-A5FE2E14E7AC" alt="game-factory-4.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/mom_where_do_video_games_come.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geekologie.com/img/8C80F229-C520-4DA5-82FB-E80E4D1A9C18" alt="game-factory-5.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8D99F5E7-2D3E-4072-BD31-EA17DBEB104D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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