've been getting into 60's punk lately and I "found" this gem from the L.A. 60's punk/garage band Love fronted by Authur Lee.  If you thought the MC5 and Iggy Pop were the only precursors to 70's punk, think again ("Seven And Seven is" from "De Capo", Electra 1967):

lash Game Development Inter-web mash up: Nov 20, 2008

The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game developers.

This time we cover The Casual Collective; Playing Flash games at Maximum Size; A fantastic Atari ST Remake; Smart Game Interface Choices; Kongregate's Kred system; Box2d Tutorials; The 25 Line Actionscript Contest; Getting Started with Flex Game Development; A Papervision tutorial; Making Money With Web Games; A Silverlight Shootorial and more...

K, so I back-slid to Phantasy Star I last weekend after trying in vain to enjoy Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star III.  The later games have not aged-well, but, even though I can't stand some of the "puzzles" (too much repetition involved) of the first Phantasy Star title, the game itself is not so bad.

There is something very charming about the way the story in Phantasy Star  unfolds, and I can see why so many people think it is a great game.  I do not think it is "great", but it is "good", and it something worth playing, even in this modern age of  games like Fallout 3.

oday on the Google Analytics blog they announced a full suite of new features that can help track viral Flash content.  These features go far beyond their previous offering, which was simply a JavaScript pass-through. 

You can check out the new features for yourself over here:

http://analytics.blogspot.com/2008/11/want-to-track-adobe-flash-now-you-can.html