Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for the PC is a fantastic game. Fantastic, that is, until it freezes.
I have consistently run into problems with the graphics freezing while the game continues. The latest update (1.10) is installed and drivers are current. Surely there is some magical combination of pre-render settings or XML tweaks or other hokus …

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As a game, good old Pong still holds up, even in these days of massively multiplayer 3D first-person online mega-games. That said, Steve Taylor’s Plasma Pong is a vibrant variant that adds some wild new graphic touches to the old time pongy fun.
You use the mouse to move the paddle and the mouse buttons to …

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Paranoia is known throughout the geeky RPG-playing world as one of the most fun abstract pen and paper role playing games available. Now Mongoose Publishing has released a card game version of this great RPG called Paranoia: Mandatory Bonus Fun Card Game. Does the card game live up to our expectations? Not quite.

Continue reading to find out why.

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Totally insane. David C. Lovelace’s RPS-15 takes Rock Paper Scissors into the dank, freaky halls of every asylum by adding Fire, Snake, Human, Tree, Wolf, Sponge, Air, Water, Dragon, Devil, Lightning, and Gun. That’s over a trillion permutations.
If your Roshambo (Rock Paper Scissors) contests require more complexity than three gestures, take my advice and start …

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Apples to Apples is a fun party game for open-minded groups. I say open-minded because people with a strict adherance to rules and guidelines will not have as much fun. A game for gamers and non-gamers alike, this will have most people rolling with laughter after a couple of rounds.

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So, with the recent price drop you are thinking about getting another DS so you can play some of the included wireless features on some of your games with a buddy, but which games have good wireless play and which ones are just a gimmick?

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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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Dork Tower is a board game in somewhat of the style of the old Dark Tower board game by Milton Bradley. It is a fun time, if you can get past the initial learning and setup of your first game. This is a game that can be enjoyed by most gamers, provided they don’t mind trying something a little unorthodox.

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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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Perfect for a fun time at a party or small gathering, Cranium is a board game with various activities involving drawing, sculpting, word play, puzzles, and performing.

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