Bang Howdy, a wild-west game from the creators of Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates, Three Rings Design, is in an open beta test. As they descibe it, it’s a “multiplayer online tactical strategy game in a 3D Wild West setting, yee haw!”
It is a fun action-strategy game, though it’s definitely still beta quality. The game sports …

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Wondering if the Sony PlayStation3 will be worth the wad of cash you’ll have to cough up for it? Wondering what else you could do with that same wad of cash?The following is a list of some other things (mostly gaming-related) that you could spend your hard-earned $600 on.

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WEBoggle is a nicely-done online Boggle. Your score for each timed round is ranked against other players, and the words you missed are listed, along with the words everyone missed. Clicking the board rotates it.
Aside from missing the less-obvious, rare words, I have some difficulty finding pesky little common words. Humbling, but fun.
You can choose …

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World’s smallest website has the world’s smallest games. It’s painfully small, but cute, I guess. You can play tiny (very very tiny) versions of PacMan, Asteroids, Pong, Maze, F1, and several others. Seen here.
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California Extreme 2005 — California Extreme is the “Classic Arcade Games Show”. In a nutshell, it’s an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties you once found in game arcades. It’s two days that celebrate this exceptional entertainment medium, featuring tournaments, speakers, parts vendors, and an opportunity to play games …

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Stackopolis is a free Flash game with lots of energy, but does it live up to its tagline “the most addictive game since Tetris?” Read the Brittlefish review.

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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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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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