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# Celebrate the father of videogames, design a kitty cat app, and guess Miyamoto’s blood type
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/cheat-sheet-321/
- Published: 2013-03-21T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:58:23.000Z
- Description: Spring is all about beginnings: the budding flowers, the cleaned-out closets, our renewed addiction to sugar-coated marshmallow baby chicks. This short documentary profiles Ralph Baer, inventor of the Magnovox Odyssey, the first commercially-viable videogame console and the root of what we play tod
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Spring is all about beginnings: the budding flowers, the cleaned-out closets, our renewed addiction to sugar-coated marshmallow baby chicks. [This short documentary profiles Ralph Baer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBZmzLXBK8&feature=youtu.be&ref=killscreen.com), inventor of the Magnovox Odyssey, the first commercially-viable videogame console and the root of what we play today.

Speaking of new beginnings: On the cusp of revealing the rumored successor to their Xbox 360, [Microsoft commissioned a study on multi-screen viewing](http://marketingland.com/microsoft-study-multi-screen-behavior-and-what-it-means-for-marketer-36456?ref=killscreen.com) and its affects on marketing. Smart glass, indeed.

More new stuff! [*The Gallery: Six Elements* is in development for Oculus Rift](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/494598080/the-gallery-six-elements?ref=killscreen.com), that snazzy virtual-reality helmet from the future. Makes sense, as the three-person team hopes to create a Myst-inspired first-person adventure. No word yet on the Rod Serling-starring sequel, *The Night Gallery*.

Penny Arcade Expo hits the eastern seaboard tomorrow. If you’re in Boston for the show, [go play Vlambeer’s *Luftrauser* and the other tiny treasures at Indie MEGABOOTH.](http://indiemegabooth.com/games/?ref=killscreen.com)

The console remake/up-port/big brother version of last year’s 3DS zombie-fest *Resident Evil: Revelations* will let you read the monsters’ minds. How, you ask? [By reading uber-cute Pop-Up Video-style speech bubbles.](http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-19-resident-evil-revelations-wii-u-lets-you-give-monsters-speech-bubbles?ref=killscreen.com) That’s… well, that’s not really telekinesis.

Major League Gaming held their e-Sports Winter Championships this past weekend in Dallas, Texas. Over 2.6 million viewers watched online. [Pour over the reruns](http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/events/23-2013-winter-championship?ref=killscreen.com#2425) and practice up for next year.

A Japan-only [guidebook for the original *Star Fox* was recently unearthed and translated by the fine folks at Glitterberri.](http://www.glitterberri.com/star-fox/message-from-god/?ref=killscreen.com) See baby-faced photos of Nintendo legends and learn the shocking biological secret behind Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert’s circulatory system!

Think you can tap into the pleasure center of your kitten Phoebe? [Enter the ‘Games for Cats’ hackathon (hosted by Friskies, of course)](http://laughingsquid.com/friskies-hosting-the-first-games-for-cats-hackathon/?ref=killscreen.com), and you could walk away $15,000 richer. That’s a lot of Meow Mix.

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Happy Thursday, y’all