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Brilliant advertising.

Yeah that is a great clip, and an intriguing idea. Also, by running it through the old-timey filter, they don't have to have their "look" complete. (Unless the look really is this Thomas Edison thing, which would be weird but OK I guess.)

From the other videos (this testing one, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihe6xf7reAo) it seems like this is actually how gameplay looks.

(personally I think its a pretty cool style)

And brilliant idea for the game too.

If Arkanoid and Pong had a baby, this would be it.

I would have said breakout, and pong.

Yup. Breakout 1976. Arkanoid 1986.

IMHO breakout is descended from pong itself; different goal but same play mechanics. While pong was two-player, this game seems to evoke more the two-player mode of tetris, since defeat isn't sudden but gradually builds up over time. (...perhaps this makes defeat more agonizing and victory more pleasing?)

So what we mean by designer? 0h h1 is a rip off/redesign of some older game (as it is mentioned in the game's About section).

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