Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro, geek, & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you.

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In the News

• Mattel Announces Jurassic Park ’93 Classic Collection (Toy Tales)

Retro & Nostalgia

• Downsizing: The Shrinky Dinks Phenomenon of the ’70s and ’80s (Mental Floss)

• This is How the Duck Hunt Gun Actually Worked (Slash Gear)

• MAD Magazine: A History of the Counterculture Humor Magazine (Book Riot)

• Roger Ebert’s 10 Greatest Movies of All Time (Do You Remember)

• A Delicious History of the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich (Mental Floss)

• How Marvel’s Ghost Rider Evolved From Western to Horror (CBR)

• Why Doc Brown is One of the Greatest Movie Characters of All Time (Movie Web)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Show & Tell Blog Challenge: Video Games

Every week we host the Show & Tell blog challenge, where other writers participate on their own site on the given topic. Check out the entries in this week’s event:

• Defender of the Crown for Nintendo (Retro Ramblings)

• Superman 2011 by Chillingo (Middle-Aged Fat Kids)

• Part of the Gaming World (Pikapal)

• My Top 5 Favorite NES Games (Yester Year Retro)

• Activision Video Game Patches I Wish I Had Earned on Atari 2600 (Rediscover the 80s)

Video of the Week

I’ve been reminiscing about Wendy’s SuperBar more than usual this week, so I got on YouTube and started searching it out. That’s how I came across this great news report about the SuperBar being tested before it launched nationally. It’s short, but it’s filled with nostalgia. Give it a watch and see if you’re mouth starts watering as mine did.