The Weekly Links: Q*Bert Mobile App, Ghostbusters Reissue Trailer, Trapper Keeper For iPad

The Weekly Links returns with a double dose of '80s nostalgia! After taking a 2,000 mile "drive-cation" last week to visit my family, I've got 2 weeks worth of links stored up that's begging to be clicked. Keep in mind that if this retro ride becomes to much for you, just roll down the window and get some fresh air. Here's what I learned in the past TWO weeks:

• Denny's restaurants have teamed up with Atari to give us "Hashteroids".
• Save your money on GNR's new 3D concert film and go buy "Appetite" on vinyl when Axl didn't sound out of breath.
• Over-analyzing song lyrics is fun. Here's what I came up over at UnderScoopFire for Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer".
• ALF preferred Marvel over DC Comics. Here's the proof.
• Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is much more intimidating when it features real life quotes.
• I watched G.I. Joe Retaliation the other night and realized they replaced the "Yo Joe!" battle cry with "Hoo-wah." Can some please tell the writer of G.I. Joe 3 to do his homework?
• With Batman and Ghostbusters getting all the anniversary headlines, Bernie's corpse silently turned 25 recently and apparently noone cares.
• Garbage Pail Kids will be at San Diego Comic-Con this year.
• There is now a complete guide and map for every place Harry met Sally.
• Vinyl is making a comeback. If you don't believe me, check out these statistics.
• MacGyver Deadly Descent is actually a pretty decent mobile app.

The video of the week (or two weeks) comes from the PBS series "It's Okay To Be Smart" which I found via The A.V. Club. We all did it. We all thought it worked. Dust gets in Nintendo cartridges and prevents the little contacts from connecting correctly. So naturally we need to blow it out. Well according to this video, our brains were playing tricks on us...

TWL Video of the Week

"Why Did We Blow Into Nintendo Games" from It's Okay To Be Smart

Movies

Retro Trailer: ‘Ghostbusters’ 30th Anniversary Reissue - Deadline
Original Back to the Future 2 Hoverboard Up For Auction - Gizmodo

10 Things You Didn't Know About 'When Harry Met Sally...' - Yahoo! Movies
Everything You Never Knew About The Making Of Last Starfighter - io9

The Glorious ’80s Gadgets That Made 'WarGames' So Great - Yahoo! Movies

53 Fascinating Facts About "Indiana Jones" You Probably Never Knew - BuzzFeed Rewind

32 Things about Disney’s TRON on it’s 32nd anniversary - Cold Slither Podcast Network
15 Things You May Not Have Known About 'Lock Up' - mental_floss
Celebrate romance with detailed Lego versions of famous Princess Bride scenes - The A.V. Club
16 Rom-Coms From The '80s You Really Need To Reunite With - BuzzFeed Rewind

5 Reasons Why We Don’t Need Ghostbusters 3 - WhatCulture!
Interview with Ed Gale from Howard the Duck, Child's Play & more - Kickin' it Old School

10 Facts You Might Not Know About 'Do The Right Thing' - Mashable

10 Ridiculous (But Awesome) Horror Movie Tag-Lines of the 1980s - Anorak

43 Inconceivable Facts About "The Princess Bride" You Probably Never Knew - BuzzFeed Rewind

TV

Bronson Pinchot Weighs in on The Leftovers’ Rapturing of the Perfect Strangers Cast - Vulture
Steven Soderbergh is making a very ’80s show with Jennifer Grey - The A.V. Club
'The Goldbergs' Season 2: Executive Producer Discusses New Time Slot And ... - I. B. Times
Enjoy this fan made music video for Airwolf from 1987 - Retroist

Richard Dean Anderson AKA eighties action hero MacGyver looks back on show ... - Herald Sun
A New Robotech Series Is Coming - Kotaku

26 Times Theo Huxtable Proved He Could Totally Get It - BuzzFeed Rewind

Music

And Then DJ Jazzy Jeff Had A Super Mario Bros. Remix Battle - Kotaku
Prince Celebrates 'Purple Rain' Anniversary With Apollonia Kotero - Rolling Stone
8 Little-Known Facts About Bon Jovi - Do You Remember
The Girl in the Video: “Jack & Diane” (1982) - Noblemania
U2's 'Bad' Break: 12 Minutes at Live Aid That Made the Band's Career - Rolling Stone

Best '80s pop-metal songs, from Def Leppard to Poison - Yahoo!

Erasure reemerge… - Classic Pop Magazine

Video Games

Q*Bert Rebooted For Today's Short Attention Span Gamers - Kotaku
Read This: Here’s a lengthy oral history of the early days of LucasArts - The A.V. Club

A Quick History Lesson On Super Mario Bros. - Kotaku
Rumor: Chris Columbus Signs On for ‘Gremlins’ Reboot and ‘Goonies’ Sequel [UPDATED] - Slash Film

88 Thoughts People Who Played "Back To The Future" On Nintendo Will Understand - BuzzFeed Rewind

Return to Hyrule: One 30-Something’s Attempt to Finally Beat ‘The Legend of Zelda’ - UPROXX

What do today’s kids make of the Game Boy? - Retro Gamer
You Can Actually Play Tetris on This T-Shirt - Mashable

Why Zelda II is the Greatest Legend of Zelda Game Ever - Kotaku

Culture

The Trapper Keeper Is Back ... This Time For Your iPad - Mashable (Click image above to pre-order on Amazon)

R.I.P. Designing Women’s Meshach Taylor - The A.V. Club
‘Paging Mr. Herman’, An Art Show Tribute to Pee-wee Herman at the NerdMelt Showroom at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles - Laughing Squid
The 23 Most '80s Covers Of People Magazine - BuzzFeed Rewind
Celebrate romance with detailed Lego versions of famous Princess Bride scenes - The A.V. Club
This 1983 Commercial For Wrangler Jeans Is An Important Moment In History - UPROXX