From 46dc64730a7587cd7d5e3de0eb8dce809264489f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bpcreech <35012922+bpcreech@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 19:20:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] improve post --- content/post/typescript-asteroids.md | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/post/typescript-asteroids.md b/content/post/typescript-asteroids.md index f7ad818..d021c4c 100644 --- a/content/post/typescript-asteroids.md +++ b/content/post/typescript-asteroids.md @@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ it's live [here](https://bpcreech.com/asteroids/)! ## Asteroids -Asteroids is one of my favorite video games. The day care I grew up in (!) had -an original tabletop Asteroids game for the munchkins to play with, so I spent -hours on that thing instead of playing sportsball or getting vitamin D. It's +[Asteroids](https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/asteroids) is one of my favorite video games. Many years ago, the daycare I grew up in (!) had +an original tabletop Asteroids game for us munchkins to play with. I spent +hours on that thing instead of playing sportsball or getting vitamin D. Asteroids is super cool in both its simplicity, and its use of vector graphics—as in, the original CRT didn't just do the horizontal scan thing; the tube traced out the vector pattern on the screen, resulting in things like small shapes showing up @@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ So I have spent random minutes playing [Doug McInnes's JS asteroids clone](https://github.com/dmcinnes/HTML5-Asteroids) to reset my brain, for years since he first published it back in 2010. +

+ +![An original Asteroids "Cocktail"-style tabletop game](/img/asteroids-cocktail.jpg) + +[source](https://arcadespecialties.com/arcade-games-for-sale/vintage-arcade-games/asteroids-cocktail/) + +

+ ## TypeScriptification I wanted to play with ML reinforcement learning (more on that later), which