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Why We Play Games, Part 2 -
GrandMatrix Team (315) 
In part one we started to get into the motivation of the gamer. We discussed challenge and its ugly stepsister competition, two of the most common motivators. Today, we look at two more on the way to forming an overall model for what moves us.
Perhaps less common than the first two motivators... ( added 4 years 65 days ago.) |
XBOX 360 vs. PS3: an in depth look -
Tony James (292)
All gamers are awaiting the release of the Xbox 360 and the PS3. This article takes an in depth look at how the two systems compare.
Graphics: Everyone has seen an Xbox and a PS2 in action and we are all waiting to see which of the two next generation consoles for the two systems will have the... ( added 4 years 116 days ago.) |
Fire Evacuation Drill with a Difference -
Thomas Yoon (4,642)     
Thomas Yoon 
I had been given the task to organize a fire evacuation drill specifically for only a certain area in a building.
As ridiculous as it may seem, there was a very good reason for doing this.
Firstly, this is a high technology manufacturing facility that manufactures products under extremely... ( added 4 years 118 days ago.) |
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"Winnie the Pooh": Online Educational Fun for Children -
m6net (4,292)
This ‘Winnie the Pooh Bear’ website is of
the highest quality and offers real educational value for your children.
Recently I
read a very cool book called “The Tao of Pooh” by Benjamin Hoff written back in
the 1980’s. It shows how the popular children’s cartoon bear... ( added 4 years 175 days ago.) |
Reviving Old Computer Games -
m6net (4,292)
Remember the good old days of gaming, when there were only 5 pixels in the protagonist and your imagination could turn them into a heroic figure of Schwarzenegger proportions? When the enemies and the heroes were distinguished by colour and you only needed one button on the joystick? Well times... ( added 4 years 253 days ago.) |
Club Penguin Plays at the Stage -
 - Cecil Bartlett (70) 
Club Penguin plays take place at the Stage, a special building located in the center of the square between the Pizza Parlor and Pet Shop. Every few weeks, a new play takes place within the stage, and the appearance of the room changes to show views from this play. You can see the title of each... ( added 77 days 10 hours ago.) |
How to Create a New Pencil and Paper Game. -
- Paul Hoemke (248) 
Creating a new pencil and paper game is easier if you use an existing game as a starting point. Take for example Tic Tac Toe.
Tic Tac Toe is played on a 3-by-3 grid of squares formed by drawing two horizontal lines across two vertical lines. Two players take turns playing, each drawing a... ( added 106 days 13 hours ago.) |
How to Create a New Board Game. -
- Paul Hoemke (248)
A new board game can be built around a simple idea. For instance, you can create a board game where you roll a standard die and move a checker across a checkerboard a number of squares equal to the number thrown.
You decide to make this a blocking game where you lay down tokens to block your... ( added 106 days 13 hours ago.) |
How to Create a New Dice Game. -
- Paul Hoemke (248)
Creating a new game can be fairly easy if you start with an idea from an existing game and expand on it. And you can often create a game using common game equipment. There is a dice game called Shut the Box that uses a pair of dice, and box with a row of twelve hinged tiles containing the numbers... ( added 106 days 13 hours ago.) |
How to Create a New Card Game. -
- Paul Hoemke (248)
Creating a new card game can be as easy as taking an old card game and changing some of the rules. Just look at Hearts. Hearts is a trick-taking card game for three to six players. It is best played with four players. The object of the game is to avoid taking Heart cards in tricks. For each hand... ( added 106 days 13 hours ago.) |
How to Create a New Game -
- Paul Hoemke (248)
The easiest way to create a new game is to start with the central idea from an existing game, add some instructions, and build the game around standard game equipment - standard playing cards, standard dice, and a standard checkerboard and checkers. The result could be a variation of an existing... ( added 106 days 13 hours ago.) |
Nintendo Is Setting Itself Up Very Nicely For The Holiday Season. -
Christopher West (1,455)
Sure, it's the height of summer, but it's never too early to be thinking about the holidays is it? Instead of selling one unit per household as with the Wii, Nintendo wants to sell one DSi per family member, explains Shigeru Miyamoto, the firm's game designer. Nintendo is probably glad that some... ( added 148 days 6 hours ago.) |
Battle On The High Seas With Empire Total War. -
Christopher West (1,455)
I bought the PC game Empire Total War. This game is much like the other games in the series. Gameplay is satisfyingly sophisticated, and yet not overly complicated. Combat including the all new 3D naval warfare element is clearly the main focus, but a surprising amount of progress can be made by... ( added 205 days 4 hours ago.) |
WoW Arena Tournament - Getting Better -
Bill Kelly (6,414)  
Bill Kelly 
If you are anything like I am you have not quite grasped the tricks to the World of Warcraft Arena Tournament. I had Balance Druid made up, with a bit of Resto talents in there, and was running with a Survival Hunter. We got our butts whipped. Just steam rolled. Embarrassing. So my Arena buddy... ( added 224 days 9 hours ago.) |
They Called Him, Flatfish. -
Norbert Thomas (3)
We were sitting on a park bench observing a chess game played on a huge open air chess board in northern germany.
One of the players was a big man with blond hair.
"Who's that guy?" I asked my friend sitting beside me.
"This is Flatfish!" He said.
"Why Flatfish?" "How would I know? He... ( added 238 days 12 hours ago.) |
False Ideas on Winning at Monopoly -
- John Rosenberg (231)
There are a number of false ideas when it comes to how to win at monopoly. These are little things people think help them win, but it actually works against them.
1. "You Shouldn't buy Everything You Land on"
I don't know how many people I have talked to that have said that same thing.... ( added 243 days 4 hours ago.) |
Why Did the GameCube Die? -
- Cameron Home (284) 
Cameron Home
Why did the GameCube die? This is a question I've been asking myself for years. The GameCube, while not having epic graphics and having one of my least favourite Mario games on it, was astoundingly brilliant for me. Sure, the PS2 had better graphics, and a bigger fan base. Sure, it had a massive... ( added 244 days 14 hours ago.) |
Why I'm Neutral In the Casual/hardcore Split. -
- Cameron Home (284)
Cameron Home
Every hardcore Nintendo gamers knows about the casual/hardcore split. Hardcore Nintendo gamers whinge and complain that the casual gamers are taking over gaming and that there are no games made for the hardcore gamer anymore. Then, the casual gamer blinks and continues with life, with no queries... ( added 246 days 7 hours ago.) |
How to Play the Bakugan Game -
Sam Fowler (402)
Bakugan is one of today's most popular games with boys ages 6-12. The game combines a Pokemon type card play with the old school game of marbles. Bakugan was developed by Sega Toys and Spin Master and released in connection with the anime series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers. The game's popularity... ( added 253 days 2 hours ago.) |
The DSi - Creativity Over Technology? -
- Richard Buckton (66) 
Richard Buckton
One would expect the release of a new games console like the Nintendo DSi , the eagerly awaited successor to the DS Lite, to be wrapped up in all sorts of technological superlatives - the fastest this, the biggest that, the most megapixel other - but that doesn't appear to be the case with the... ( added 254 days 6 hours ago.) |
The Druid Microwave Move -
Bill Kelly (6,414)
Bill Kelly
There are times in WoW as a Druid that you'll find yourself in big trouble. This happens in PvE when you either get in over your head, are not paying attention or a combination of both. It happens in PvP whenever - PvP is a bit more chaotic. What I'd like to share with you today is the... ( added 255 days 5 hours ago.) |
Druids in The Nexus -
Bill Kelly (6,414)
Bill Kelly
My first successful run into The Nexus on Coldarra, in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, was a good time! We had a full group with two players who had run the Nexus many times before and three first timers. The line up included a level 80 Death Knight as main Tank and a level 75 Resto Shammy... ( added 255 days 5 hours ago.) |
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Nintendo Brain Training For 10 Year Old Kids -
Gabriela Schmid (894)  
Gabriela Schmid
Could a pencil and paper turn out to be a better workout for your brain than the new brain training games? According to a recent scientific study: Yes.
The results of the study show that 10-year-olds playing the Nintendo Brain Training (or Brain Age) game showed no improvement in... ( added 264 days 15 hours ago.) |
Dont have a Uno deck? Play crazy eights -
- John Rosenberg (231)
Uno is a fun game to play but sometimes you just don't have the Uno deck to play with. What can you do instead? How about playing crazy eights?
Crazy eights is nearly identical to The Uno card game. The only difference is that this game uses a standard 52 card deck, which is easier to find.... ( added 267 days 2 hours ago.) |
Is Wrath of the Lich King for WoW worth it? -
Bill Kelly (6,414)
Bill Kelly
Like many World of Warcraft players I wrestled with the idea of diving into another expansion. I figured Id made it to level 70, done some damage in the Battlegrounds and Arena, been around for a lot of the well known happenings like Leroy Jenkins and More DOTS!, and heard more Chuck Norris and... ( added 269 days 14 hours ago.) |
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