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title: George Plimpton's Video Falconry is surprisingly real
author: George Mandis <george@mand.is>
date: 2011-06-03
description: George Plimpton&#39;s Video Falconry is surprisingly real.  WTF?
tags: post
---

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)