Games

Xperia Play review – PlayStation games on an Android smartphone

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – which from here on out we’ll call the “Xperia” – is a cellphone well-designed for one thing, gaming. More specifically, it’s a Playstation / PSP emulator that does a great job in bringing Sony Playstation ports to an Android smartphone. When the Xperia is closed it’s in stealth mode, […]

I love Plants vs Zombies, but in the case of Plants vs Zombies for the Nintendo DS, the port wasn’t done very well. Or rather, all the game elements are there, but with no attempt to compensate for the DS’s weaknesses. I recommend against it if you’re new to Plants vs Zombies – in that […]

Non-violent video games

I recently went to relive my childhood arcade experiences. Expecting to relive my glory days, I went back to an arcade with bills clutched eagerly in hand. And man, was I disappointed. The majority of games seemed to be shoot-em-up, blow-em-up and drive-em-around. I went to another arcade, and yet another, and encountered the same […]

Free Video Games

Want some free video games? While “your mileage may vary”, “to each their own”, “you get what you pay for”, et cetera, you will hopefully find these recommended downloads are a cut above many other free games. Note that while some of these games support networked multiplayer configurations, the goal here was to find “offline” […]

Online role-playing games and MMORPGs: Take a lot of time and enjoy

I was thrilled when I opened a present from a friend and saw the video game “EverQuest”. This was one of the original super-popular “Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games“, or “MMORPGs“. As the name implies, play consists of groups of people getting together via the Internet to immerse themselves in a magical world of […]

Review of Brain Age for the Nintendo DS

Something odd just happened with a video game. It’s never happened before. I’ve been a gamer for as far back as my memory goes, and have played a huge variety of video games. I’ve hunted and ran from aliens, raced futuristic-yet-non-aerodynamic cars and, yes, fought bad guys as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. But nothing […]

Interview with Chris Danford, creator of StepMania

StepMania is a game modeled after “Dance Dance Revolution”, one of those fancy exercise-while-you-play video games (read more about StepMania). The difference is that StepMania is Open Source Software (OSS). That is, it’s free. Chris Danford is the lead designer and creator of StepMania, and took some time to give his thoughts about OSS and […]

Exercise video games: StepMania and Dance Dance Revolution

“Jane Fonda.” What pops into your head when you hear the name? Some remember odd cult classic movies like Barbarella. Or there’s “Jane Fonda’s Workout Challenge”, where Jane brings us back to big bold 1983, a magical time when you couldn’t do any kind of physical workout without a leotard, bright white shoes, a big […]

Origami, typewriters and beer: New tricks for old tech

Thomas Edison hunches over his workbench, muttering to himself, furiously scribbling formula in a tattered notebook. He wishes he could find a way to better organize his information, some way to sort through his constant overload of ideas. Akira Yoshizawa, origami grandmaster, gingerly smoothes the final crease into place. He contemplates the intricately-folded paper dragon, […]

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