Shoot other people for money
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 1st Sep, 2007
Here’s an interesting twist on a theme. Ever since the heady days that Wolfenstein 3D graced our screens, First Person Shooters (FPSs) have gone from strength to strength; taking the genre to new heights. Today I read about an interesting development that may take it down an interesting avenue, adding renumeration to the game.
Kwari is [...]
Trying out ChaosLands
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 22nd Jul, 2007
I love the weekend. It gives me time to catch up on things and even have a few minutes to play the occasional game. As I’m so busy at the moment I make a conscious effort not to get involved in any MMORPG, but it doesn’t mean I don’t dip into a couple every now [...]
Mahjong
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 12th Apr, 2007
I think I may have an addictive personality. Sometimes I can get stuck on a game and play it over and over again, unable to ever get enough. The only solution is to delete them off my computer or vow never to visit a particular website again.
Mahjong is one of the games that fall into [...]
£100,000 for game winner
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 9th Feb, 2007
Intereting post on the BBC about Perplex City, an alternate reality game (ARG) which has just been completed, netting the winner a £100,000 prize pot. The game started in April 2005 and has had a myriad a clues to the solution, including puzzle card, a banner plane flown across Manchester, a scavenger hunt across London, [...]
Give us some chips
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 3rd Jan, 2007
A few years ago, when we had The Joke Shop (the bricks and mortar one), one thing that we kept being asked for were Poker Chips. unfortunately it was some time till we actually found a supplier who could provide us with some. Today I came across a website that deals exclusively with selling Poker [...]
PayPerPost Puzzle
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 3rd Jan, 2007
Yet another PayPerPost puzzle! I love the guys down at PayPerPost; they have a really positive attitude to everything they do and the name of the game seems to be fun, fun fun!
So what’s this all about then? Well, one of their staff came on holiday to Europe, took a whole bunch of photos with [...]
Rockstartup Over
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 24th Dec, 2006
So the RockStartUp puzzle is over, and ColleenC is the winner. Pity I wasn’t able to complete it this time, but it was either go to the Solidsoft office party (which rocked!) or continue waiting for the final piece. Well .. I went to party instead. Was good to meet up with all my Solidsoft [...]
Minesweeper Cheat
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 12th Jan, 2006
Here’s how to impress your friends at your gaming prowess:
Close all applications, then open Minesweeper, type xyzzy, then hold down the Shift key for a second. Now when you move your mouse over the cells, you will see either a white or black pixel in the top left of your desktop… white means no mine, [...]
Office Guns
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 26th Jul, 2005
Bored at the office? Make yourself an Office Gun
Try PandaPang
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 24th Jul, 2005
Want to see a cross between Asteroids and Space Invaders? Try Pandapang
The very first computer game
Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 5th Jun, 2005
The first-ever computer game was written for the PDP-1 and was called Spacewar. Read all about it.
I, Rearrangement Servant
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 10th Mar, 2005
Must remember this for the next game of Scrabble I play
Internet Anagram Server / I, Rearrangement Servant : anagrams, wordplay, creator, solver, finder, generator, crossword, transmogrify, pangram, shuffle, fun wordsmith.org/anagram/
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Floppy Enterprise
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 12th Mar, 2004
A must-have link for any Star Trek fan. How to make a Star Ship Enterprise out of a floppy disk. Enjoy!!
