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Plotless classic Atari game heads for the big screen Universal Studios is preparing to bring Atari video game Asteroids to the big screen, despite the fact that the classic offers "no story line or fancy world-building mythology", as the Hollywood Reporter puts it.… What is your recession sales strategy? (link)

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