games
“The best gamers in the world” channel
I’ve been reading the Joystiq hands-on: Project Gotham Racing 3. I am SO looking forward to this game. But that’s not what this is about. But the ability to watch the best gamers in the world race anytime inside the game: “Enter Gotham TV—here’s were things get interesting. Inside this mode you’ll find the Heroes [...]
Probabilities of landing on squares in Monopoly
“Early in the game it is often best to get out as soon as possible so as to have more opportunities to buy property. Later in the game, it is best to stay in jail as long as possible to avoid landing on an opponent’s property.” – Truman Collins.
Send your name to Pluto
pluto Originally uploaded to Flickr Brandnewbrain. For several years my name will be flying through space on a CD on a NASA spacecraft. I like the idea.
Most kickass FPS gun
Games.net has compiled a top-10 list of the 10 baddest FPS guns. The winner was a surprise…!
Roboraptor attacks!
Attack mode! Originally uploaded to Flickr Eirik Newth. Lucky you, Eirik! Playing with the new Roboraptor. I have to hide this post for the kids… Technorati Tags: games, robots
Playing games makes kids violent – or not?
If you haven’t read it already, read Steven Johnson’s open letter to Hillary Clinton, Hillary vs. the Xbox: Game over” in LA Times. His main points: Parents have been dragging kids away from whatever the kids were into since the dawn of civilization. Why should kids playing video games be worse than kids playing Monopoly? [...]
Lego for adults: BrickJournal is out
If you finished school more than a few years ago, and still like to play with yellow, red and blue plastic bricks; head over to Legofan.org, and download the new BrickJournal magazine. The first number has articles like “How Fast Can an Imperial Star Destroyer be Built?”, “The World’s Largest LEGO® Train Layout” and the [...]
22 days until Harry Potter 6 is out
Either you already knew, or you don’t care, I guess… The game for Harry Potter 4 is in production, and the trailer for it is out now. Not much too see though. The leaky Cauldron has more about the game, which is out in November. Previously: Harry Potter 4 – the first trailer is out
Which game has things falling in the coolest way?
Mark at Boingboing could have started a new meme without knowing it. Technorati tag: games / halflife
Xbox or wife? PS2 or kids? PC or job?
If your gaming runs your life, have some advice from productivity site TO-DONE! Technorati tags: games / gaming
Xbox 360 is really a G5
It’s been known for a long time that the developer “kits” for the game producers, are based on Apple G5 Powermacs. But the impressive demos at E3 also seem to have been playing on G5s, not the finished console Microsoft were showing. Gizmodo has the report and the pictures to prove it. The rumours of [...]
Flickr is full of Xbox 360 photos
The tag is xbox360.
World of warcraft characters invited for national day parade
According to Norwegian daily Dagbladet, World of Warcraft gamers are invited for a parade – online – on the 17th of May. There are two parades planned: One for Alliance, from Goldshire to Stormwind. And one for Hordes, from Razor Hill to Orgrimmar. The national day of Norway, 17th of May, is a celebration of [...]
Running and training online
At my local gym S.A.T.S., there are lots of equipment from Technogym. I like the fact that I can set up programs on the treadmill, so it gets more realistic, with hills and speed variations. What if it was MUCH more advanced?
