Enshrined

Published 8:30 pm Thursday, June 4, 2015

“The Sims” denied: “Pong,” “Pac-Man,” “Doom,” “Tetris,” “World of Warcraft” and “Super Mario Bros” are the first six inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York.

The inaugural hall of fame class was recommended by a committee of journalists, scholars and other video game experts, but critics decried the lack of representation on the panel by a key video game constituency: unemployed 20-something single men living in their mothers’ basements.

Gimme some brown sugar: The Rolling Stones’ 1971 album “Sticky Fingers” will be rereleased in a deluxe edition next week.

In accordance with the Stones’ advanced years, however, Andy Warhol’s provocative cover art of a male model’s jeans-clad crotch area will be replaced by a photo of a retired accountant wearing beige Dockers.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1933, the United States went off the gold standard.

Accordingly, the flag has been lowered to half-staff today at the Ron Paul residence in Lake Jackson, Texas.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff