Found History

Variety has called it: VHS is dead at 30.

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Another quick one for the weekend: Game Set Watch—an “alt.video game weblog”—gives us the Top 10 Silliest Computer Mag Covers in History. Note that this isn’t a casual effort. It is the product of a long term commitment to collecting and cultural history. “Game Mag Weaseling” columnist Kevin Gifford combed though his [...]

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I don’t want to fall down on my first day on the job, but I’m also finding it hard to tear myself away from today’s big games. So with one eye on Michigan-OSU, I’ll quickly mention JoBlo’s Ten Spot, a collection of more than 40 movie top ten lists. Highlights include Top Ten [...]

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I have never intended Found History as a place for serious or systematic research into popular historymaking, so it’s hard to talk about “findings,” “results” or “conclusions.” But over the course of nearly a year of anecdotal stumbling, some definite trends have emerged. One is the general public’s tendency to conceptualize history in [...]

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Check out Drivl’s “Daily Dose of Awesome” for the “Top 20 Hackers in Film History”—complete with quotes to support its findings.

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