Feel the beep: This album is played entirely on a PC motherboard speaker

If you’re craving a truly different sound with which to slay the crew this weekend, look no further than System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit — though you may have to drag your old 486 out of storage to play it. Yes, this album runs in MS-DOS and its music is produced entirely through the PC speaker — you know, the one that can only beep.

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‘DOS,’ the sequel to ‘UNO,’ is a new take on an old favorite

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There’s a sequel to the card game UNO — it’s appropriately called DOS.

DOS is a new take on UNO that uses a similar system of numbered and colored cards, but this time around players have two card piles to choose from for playing cards and win after earning enough points, not by putting down all of their cards. Of course, you’re also supposed to call out “DOS” if you have two cards in your hand.

UNO first came out in 1971 and has remained mostly untouched, but its premise of matching numbers and colors and screwing over your opponents was ready for a new iteration.  Read more…

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