An amazingly obsessive Flickr photoset by Petromyzon called Tokens.
They’re lovely, and stir up memories of when arcades were fun and games cost less than a buck fifty to play. The games were simpler, cheaper, and, on balance, a good deal more fun than today’s arcade games. I’d put Stargate or even Pac …

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Yahoo News relays the unlikely Hollywood Reporter headline Video game biz converting to Christianity. This is at least a shred of hope in the wake of the Grand Theft Auto mess, if only to create some balance to the sleaze being peddled on the store shelves.
A quick perusal of N’Lightning Software Development’s website leads one …

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Pagat Card Games - rules and information about card and tile games
The House of Cards - Card games rules, resources, software, books, and more.
CardSquad - a blog for card players, mostly poker
rec.games.playing-cards - the Usenet group for card players
The World of Playing Cards - the history, design, manufacture of playing cards from around the world
International …

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Out of the way Metroid Echoes, Nanostray by Majesco has been release and becomes the first “First Person Shooter” (FPS) on the Nintendo DS. Nanostray is described as:
An intense, pulse-pounding 3D shooter, Nanostray offers touch screen support, local area network play, an arsenal of weapons and beautifully designed environments.
The game looks pretty good, hopefully …

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If you have a Sprint or Verizon phone you might be getting some more games soon. Sprint and Verizon have signed deals with Electronic Arts (EA) which allows their cellphone users to download and play select EA games.
You might soon be able to play Madden NFL 2006 and other EA games on your cellphone. …

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Game programming wiki is a great resource for, well, game programming and design. Topics covered include design, programming, tools, books and other references, web resources, and project management.
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The point could be mad…The Snake GameNew Snake

Mark Fennell has a gorgeous …

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Twenty fun and challenging brain games at Games for the Brain. A sampling of the games:

What was there? - You’re shown a picture for a time, then asked questions about it.
Masterpieces - You’re shown bits of several paintings, then asked to remember the order they were in.
Dragger - More of a puzzle, you rearrange bits …

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