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Entries from November 2006

Geosense Geography Game

November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Geosense is an online game by Mark Rossen where you try to locate ten cities. You play alone or against others.
There are three maps, including the World, an Advanced World map, and the United States. You can also play in Scramble mode, where letters are slowly revealed and you click once you know what and

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Tags: Educational · Free · Online games

3 In One Checkers

November 29th, 2006 · 1 Comment

If you like playing checkers, you’ll probably enjoy 3 in 1 Checkers at Browser Arcade.
There are three variants of Checkers: Standard, Giveaway, and Extreme.
In Standard checkers the rules are as you would imagine. Move your pieces diagonally one spot forward per turn, jumping the opponent’s pieces to capture them and trying to avoid having your

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Tags: Flash · Free · Online games · Platforms

Play B3yond - Sixaxis Control

November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Another Play B3yond commercial, showing off the new Sixaxis controller for the Sony Playstation 3.

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Tags: Platforms · Playstation3 · Video

Evolution of Video Games

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

David Perry has created an excellent history of video games in various genres. Seen here.
We’ve come a long way.

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The point could be mad…Playstation 3 InterfaceIt looks like, besides an eyepopping pricetag, the Playstation 3 will sport an updated version

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Tags: Game design · Graphics · History · Video

Crossword, Sort of

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Here’s an interesting Flash game from Gamedesign. It’s called Crossword, though it isn’t what you’d normally think of as a crossword puzzle.
The board layout is similar but there are no definition clues. Click a spot on the board and every spot with the same letter is highlighted. Then, on the right, click the letter you

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Tags: Flash · Free · Online games · Platforms

Upgrade PS3 Hard Drive

November 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Gamers Reports upgrades their Playstation 3 to a 120 GB SATA hard drive. Great guide.
The hard drive they use is less than $90 from New Egg.
Obviously Sony’s use of standard components in the PS3 is already paying off for their customers. So, for $690 you can have a 120GB Playstation 3. Not too shabby. You

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Tags: Modding · Platforms · Playstation3

Battlefield 2 Bravia Bunny Hop

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

This is just awesome. The Battlefield 2 Bunny Hop Bravia commercial. Like no other indeed.

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Well, there are some problems. …WinterbellsWinterbells is a wonderfully-addicting Flash game from

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Tags: PC · Platforms · Video

Flashback - PS2 “Bambi”

November 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Sony tells us in this ad that the Playstation 2 is a different place with different rules. It’s your Third Place.

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Tags: Platforms · Playstation2 · Video

Flashback - PS2 “Wolfman”

November 24th, 2006 · No Comments

In this Playstation 2 commercial from back in the day, Sony encourages you to be whoever you want to be, even if who you want to be is a wolfman. David Lynch created this gem.

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Tags: Platforms · Playstation2 · Video

Flashback - PS2 “Mountain”

November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

Back in 2003, the Mountain ad for the Playstation 2 featured De Gospel Train by Shirley Temple. You can download a high res version of the video from Rick Russell’s site, Final Cut.

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Tags: Platforms · Playstation2 · Video