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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Atari candlestick makes us pine for the pre-Pong world]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/atari-candlestick-makes-us-pine-for-the-pre-pong-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/atari-candlestick-makes-us-pine-for-the-pre-pong-world/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/atari-candlestick-makes-us-pine-for-the-pre-pong-world/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/retro/" rel="tag">Retro</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/05/atari_candlehol.html"><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="479" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/05/mixo_atari_candle.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
We've always considered ourselves lucky for having grown up in the modern world -- video games just wouldn't be the same without electricity -- but every once in a while, we find ourselves inexplicably drawn to the simplicity and elegance of the pre-<em>Pong</em> world. Lucky for us then, that the designers at <a href="http://mixko.co.uk/">Mixko</a> have seen fit to make these Atari 2600-themed candlesticks which effortlessly blend -- mix even -- our irrational and conflicting sentiments. Now, two <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/27/joystiq-video-candles-can-replace-wii-sensor-bar/">of these and a Wii</a> and we're in business.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/15/atari_joystick_candl.html">BoingBoing</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/atari-candlestick-makes-us-pine-for-the-pre-pong-world/">Atari candlestick makes us pine for the pre-Pong world</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:08:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/05/atari_candlehol.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/atari-candlestick-makes-us-pine-for-the-pre-pong-world/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/896620/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/15/atari-candlestick-makes-us-pine-for-the-pre-pong-world/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>2600</category><category>atari</category><category>candlestick</category><category>Mixko</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Grant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 12:08:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>