This is a game for non-gamers. The aim is to reach a total of 2048 on a 4×4 grid. The mean is to align two identical figures to add them: 2 + 2 = 4. You can play 2048 on iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc.) or on the web. Please, before you start, make sure… Read More
Category: Video games
Many years ago, computer video games was already requiring advertising, but there was only a skeleton of marketing. Advertising costs were probably much lower than what today’s blockbusters budgets reach: A mere list of prices.
In Battlestar Galactica Online, you will play an intense browser-based MMO game. This unusual setup will be requiring some pretty unusual hardware and software combination to be sure to play in good conditions. Minimum requirements Windows XP/Vista Processor: Pentium 4 2.2 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ or better Memory: 512 MB of SDRAM Graphics: Any… Read More
Did you known what is happening before the Tetris blocks fall from the top of the screen? As a matter of fact, you should know that it’s ugly, scary and has something to do with Space Invaders.
Before the 4th of July, Steam is selling many a video game (more than 200 of them) at a basement prices. The list is impressive and means that it is not even worth pirating the said games. Call of Duty collection: -78% Serious Sam pack: -75% Aliens vs. Predators: -75% Resident Evil: -75% Grand Theft… Read More
You know! Kinect is the new name of the Microsoft technology that allows you to completely forget about keyboard, joysticks, game pads and all that. You move in front of the camera and the stuff does its stuff. Previously, it was known as Project Natal. Today, I found this great cartoon from Ctrl+Alt+Del by Tim… Read More
Pixel Culture
Pixels by patrick Jean – Invasion pixels : geek tetris pacman ! YouTube link
By popular demand, I will group here all the posts I made previously about how to improve your Mafia Wars performance (Mafia Wars is the #1 Crime game on Facebook). Mafia Wars: Get a large mafia in no time Mafia Wars: Maximum loot Mafia Wars: How many points? Mafia Wars: Combat strategy Mafia Wars: Best… Read More
Again in order to give you the best chances to improve a lot your fighting capacity in Mafia Wars, Facebook coooperative online game, here are some of my recommendations on weaponry and the best way to prepare your mafia for combat (fight). Build a powerful mafia (if some of the family members are sleeping on… Read More
In Mafia Wars, fight is a critical par of the game, but it is too often neglected by players. Personally, I love to use it for several good reasons: Stamina points are quickly renewed, Fights are producing a lot of experience points, In fights, you get quick money (specially in cities where jobs are not… Read More
Mafia Wars: How many points?
When you progress in Mafia Wars on Facebook, you collect points that you should choose how to assign between: Attack Defense Health Energy Stamina Here are my recommendations about the optimum number of points in each. Attack: You should stay with around 1/2 of your level, with a minimum around 50-55. If you are a… Read More
If you play at Mafia Wars on Facebook, you certainly noticed that some objects are very difficult to get and are absolutely necessary to finish a full campaign. For example, I would list: Concealable camera Computer setup Untraceable Cell Phone Blackmail photos Illegal Transaction Records Politico Corrupto Dossier on Dmitri You will need several hundreds… Read More
If you are on Facebook, you certainly know Mafia Wars, this online game, slightly addictive, grouping several million FB users, where you try to progress in a mafia world while doing lowly jobs in New York, Cuba, Moscow (and soon Bangkok or the American West). One of the difficult aspects is to build yourself a… Read More
So, the great FPS game will be back before the end of the year 2009. Either the launch campaign started early in Nepal or the bus drivers are using their vehicles as video game weapons (the latter would explain the extraordinarily high frequency of dramatic road accidents there).
DirectX: 8, 9, 10 or 11?
The arrival of Windows 7 also annonces the arrival of a new updated DirectX to serve the PC gamers’ community. We already knew that Vista did not have the favour of the gamers (who often stayed with Windows XP) and that had (among other things) some significant impact on DirectX 10 that required Vista. Will… Read More
Video game fans just can’t take it when it’s real
See what happens to video game players, when a real World Rally Championship (WRC) pilot takes them to the real dirt. “Are you ready for the real thing?” Ken Block is not only a good driver, he’s trying his best to have them p…ing their pants. YouTube link Source: Autoblog.
If you want to grab the maximum CPU power for your PC video game (or any other PC application, by the way), there is a free utility that will ensure that the PC CPU does not spend to much time on anything else: Game Booster. It may be bad for a correctly balanced performance, but… Read More
They were the FPS games of your youth (if you are as old as I am): Doom, Heretic and Hexen are three games where you killed, maimed, crushed, punched and powdered thousands of monsters and all kinds of adversaries. Did you know that you could play all three of them on line? Point your browser… Read More
How many PC gamers started their career with video games as raw (according to today’s criteria) as Doom or even Quake. We may find their quality too low for our eyes, but they already demonstrated their main strength: the gamer found interesting adversaries and environments where you could not know what would happen behind the… Read More
Say you are parent to a kid who is more than willing to play those games that he/she discovered with his/her friends and you don’t know much about them. It’s time to learn some before you make a decision about letting fun happen or not. From IGN vault.