Games

Interview with Aaron Hall, creator of Space Empires

Space Empires. Aaron Hall. Malfador Machinations. If you’ve heard of one of these, you’ve most likely heard of the other two. But for those who don’t know: Space Empires is an incredibly successful space strategy video game series, available in various incarnations since 1993. Particularly impressive is the detailed game play and the ability to […]

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Roomba Discovery Review and Testing

(Read the review or jump to Does the Roomba work?, Testing the Roomba, Problems with Roomba and potential solutions , and Review Conclusion). So you don’t like vacuuming. And you want a robot to do it. No problem, say the folks atiRobot, who develop robots for government, industrial and residential uses. They’ve created the Roomba, billed as “the first […]

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Interactive fiction and text adventure games – How to get them and play them

“You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.” Those words begin one of the best known text adventure games of all time:Zork. For those who haven’t heard of it, I’m talking about the wildly popular game that saw popular release around 1982, far before the proliferation […]

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PBEM (Play By Email) Games, Recommendations and Resources

Sitting around a table, you take a swig of caffeine and roll the dice. Making your move, you munch handfuls of heavily-salted snacks. I love playing games, and not just because of caffeine and salt. Tabletop, RPG, video and card, all game types are wonderful ways to pass the time with friends. But I rarely […]

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Review of the Play Limit Time Control System: Time limiter for TV and video games

Fourth grade is rough. I’ve been at my desk forever. Yes, Ms. Cooper, I’m paying attention, but I really just want to get home. See, my paper route savings finally added up enough to buy a new video game, “Major Problem and the Aliens from L.A.” Don’t mind me while I count the seconds until […]

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