George Plimpton's Video Falconry is surprisingly real
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  By George Mandis <george@mand.is>
  https://george.mand.is/2011/06/george-plimptons-video-falconry-is-surprisingly-real
  Friday, June 3rd 2011

The other week John Hodgman discussed video games on his podcast [Judge John Hodgman](http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/judge-john-hodgman).  I thought for sure it was a joke.

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Well then.

[Newgrounds](http://www.newgrounds.com) &mdash; confusingly, a different, newer company that shares the same name with the company that originally developed the game &mdash; went ahead and [recreated the game in Flash](http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/571422).

via [Waxy](http://waxy.org)