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Arkanoid – More Retrogaming for Your iPhone
One of my favourite old school games from the Commadore 64 era has found a new home in my pocket, courtesy of Tatio’s latest remake – Arkanoid for the iPhone and iPod Touch, available now from the US iTunes App Store for $4.99 and for £2.99 in the UK.
For those that haven’t played it before, […] Continue reading
Orbital: All You Need Is One Thumb
I’m a sucker for “casual games,” the sort of thing that runs in your browser or on your iPhone. Of course, the reason I play these instead of my old Xbox is because, theoretically, I can play for just a few minutes rather than investing several hours. In practice, however, I sometimes end up playing […] Continue reading
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Tagged arcade, Electronic Geek, Games, iPhone App, physics-based, Toys and Technology, Videogames
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Aion MMO Is More Than WoW With Wings
Chances are you’ve already heard of Aion. Released back in September, it was touted as the biggest massively multiplayer online game launch of the year. At nearly 450,000 preorders, it started off a little rocky (what MMO doesn’t?) and publisher NCsoft had to employ a 16,000-player ban-fest back in November. With upgrades to the game’s […] Continue reading
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Tagged computer games, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Electronic Geek, Games, Massively multiplayer online game, MMOG, RPGs, Videogames, Wizards of the Coast, World of Warcraft
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Puzzle of the Week: Who Ate the Most Fudge? — Solution
Last week we had you work your logic muscles to solve the conundrum of who ate the most fudge during a friendly game of D&D. Congratulations to Scott for having his correct answer randomly chosen. He’ll receive a $50 gift certificate from ThinkGeek!
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This week, we have a group of geeks playing D&D and eating fudge. […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Everything Else, Fudge, Games, Puzzle, Puzzle of the Week
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7 Questions With GamersGate CEO Theo Bergquist
For all the hype around console games, the many awesome games for home computers often get overlooked by everyone but the hardcore players. This is somewhat ironic, considering how easy it’s become of late to get such games, due to the advent of legal game download sites.
The biggest player in this market is Steam, to […] Continue reading
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Tagged Digital distribution, Electronic Geek, Gamersgate, Games, Paradox Interactive, The Internet
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Puzzle of the Week: Who Ate the Most Fudge?
This week, we have a group of geeks playing D&D and eating fudge. We need to know who ate how much. E-mail your answer to us by Thursday 10 PM EST for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek!
Four geeks and super-logicians were playing their regular D&D Saturday night game at the […] Continue reading
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Atari’s Site Refresh Features Playable Classic Arcade Games
One of my fondest childhood memories is of dropping a token in the Battlezone machine in the side room of the pizza restaurant near our house, stepping up to the simulated periscope, grasping the joysticks and moving my green wireframe tank across the moonscape in search of other tanks, the random cubes they hid behind […] Continue reading
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Tagged Arcade game, Armchair Geek, Atari, Battlezone, Coin-Op, Crystal Castles, Games, Lunar Lander, Video game
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