Game store in South Bay
For years, a store called Gamescape (in Palo Alto) was where I always went to buy games. I didn't buy...
Archive for Games
The uses of a V
I'm playing Scrabulous again with Mary Anne. Good words so far: she led with TILDE, I countered with PORCINI, she...
Three software releases of note
Been a busy week for software releases of interest to me; even more pleasing, all three of the items here...
More Scrabble thoughts
Having completed a couple games of Scrabulous in Facebook, I have some more thoughts about what I do and don't...
Philosophy of Scrabble
At some point I'll post more about Facebook. But for now, having fallen into two Scrabulous games almost immediately upon...
Items: Chain games
Three Flash games with only the vaguest of thematic connections to each other. Chain Factor. You drop numbered circles into...
Arcade games (and pinball) in San Jose this weekend
This weekend in San José is California Extreme 2007, "an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines [and] video games,"...
Flash, Java, and JavaScript games/toys/puzzles roundup
Assorted interesting and/or cool online games, toys, and puzzles: Gimme Friction Baby, which Charles D described as "sort of a...
Second Life, terraforming, Oversight, ARG?
It seems that Jason Stoddard's company, Centric, has offices in Second Life (as well as in the real world). Recently,...
Computer game day
Today's been a day full of computer games. I took a vacation day, 'cause Mary Anne was here. We were...
Cool online games/toys
Be prepared to spend quite a lot of time on these. (The first two require Flash; the third is a...
Spelunker Today and Easy Sally
One of the many ways I misspent my youth was by playing the original Colossal Cave text adventure. A bunch...