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The Goto of the Underground

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The Goto of the Underground is a personal blog at blahg.res0l.net about games and programming. Since 2012, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Bastet – Bastard Tetris (2009)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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8mentions?
6HN people?
2012–2018first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog's posts on Bastet, a Tetris variant, and its Flash port, and on a 2007 ride in an F-16 fighter jet. Comments only point to these posts without judging the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Caleb's discussions on games and game development.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Bastet – Bastard Tetris (2009)
    5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2012-04-12

What Hacker News says?

  1. Several years ago I ported and tweaked Bastet to Flash. http://blahg.res0l.net/2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/

    Comment linking /2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/

    on “First-person Tetris”
  2. Submitted Color blind gamer (2008) as a story · 59 points

    HN discussion
  3. About 7 years ago I was fortunate enough to receive a ride in an F-16. I passed out that night and got up to write about it the next morning while it was still fresh in my head. http://blahg.res0l.net/2008/10/viper-ride-october-12-2007/

    Comment linking /2008/10/viper-ride-october-12-2007/

    on “Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999)”
  4. Submitted Bastet – Bastard Tetris (2009) as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  5. Flash version, if your browser still supports it: http://blahg.res0l.net/2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/ .

    Comment linking /2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/

    on “Bastard Tetris”
  6. Submitted Bastet – Bastard Tetris as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Bastet: http://blahg.res0l.net/2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/ (HN user RobotCaleb created this Flash port!) and slightly more twisted Hatetris http://qntm.org/files/hatetris/hatetris.html

    Comment linking /2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/

    on “Playing Tetris forever”
  8. Here's mine: http://blahg.res0l.net/2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/ A Flash port of Bastet from many years ago.

    Comment linking /2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/

    on “HTML5 Tetris - Practice Work”

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