Posted in Gaming on July 13th, 2007 No Comments »
The early video games, because of their technical restrictions - low-powered processor, small amounts of working memory, etc - were based on patterns. Programmers did their best at disguising these, pretty successfully in most cases.
Some people learnt the patterns and were able to transcend ‘normal’ players, clocking up huge scores.
These rules can now be learnt […]
Posted in Digital-lifestyle, Schemes, Gaming on November 29th, 2006 No Comments »
Given how _massive_ poker is, and that people who play it are obsessed with it. Why has no-one written a client that can be played live on a mobile phone?
There’s just got to be money in that game.
(I really meant to post more often to this (schemes) category, but I’m never near a keyboard when […]
Posted in Dreams, Toys, Design, Gaming on November 13th, 2006 1 Comment »
This coming Friday is Domino Day - a new one to me, but apparently it’s been going eight years now.
I love the simple pleasure of watching dominoes fall. I find it magnetic - unable to take my eyes away from it.
19:00 GMT will see an attempt on the World record for the largest number of […]
Posted in Gaming on April 4th, 2005 No Comments »
Matthew Baldwin’s written a survival guide to IKEA in a video game walk-through style.
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Posted in Gaming on July 28th, 2004 No Comments »
If you’re in the market for a new tattoo, are looking for inspiration and enjoy video games, tech & science, look no further than the Revenge of the Tattooed Nerds site or just the images.
My fave’s are the Escher sketch, logo brick, a DNA tattoo on a wrist and Blake’s spinal DNA tattoo. I’m not […]
Posted in Gaming on March 13th, 2004 No Comments »
Very funny, Penguin Punting Practice. My highest so far 304-odd, on my first go. I haven’t been able to match it since.
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Posted in Gaming on March 3rd, 2004 No Comments »
Eugene Jarvis to me is a living legend, for he is the man who wrote Defender - in my eyes one of the top five video games written to date. It’s frantic non-stop action means you need to have total co-ordination with the controls, as you plan, and at later stages, just react to all […]
Posted in Gaming on February 11th, 2004 No Comments »
Some clever bods have come up with an GameCube emulator (Dolphin)
that runs on a PC.
via Anil’s Links
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Posted in Gaming on December 10th, 2003 No Comments »
If you have ever wanted to have your own Nintendo video game characters, get over to where some clever bod has created downloadable, printable paper cut outs.
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Posted in Gaming on July 23rd, 2003 No Comments »
If your a French game developer that want to develop a socially responsible game (no violence, prostitution, etc) you could qualify for a four million Euro grant that the French government is offering. A number of strong video game developers such as Ubi Soft and Atari (née Infogrames) come from France, but their games industry […]
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