January 3, 2008

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We Want Puzzles and Card Games! (All About Symbian)

Looking for where to focus any new casual gaming projects on? Then the latest survey (this one from Parks Associates ) can help. Bottom line is the majority of casual gamers are interested in Puzzles and Card Games, some 55%, with word and arcade games at 32% and 33% respectively.

More News (Gazette.Net)

But on Thursday, the Rockville family was at the Silver Spring Library, playing board and card games and solving puzzles as part of a Kids Game Day program.

Can the voters think straight about the one thing we elect presidents to do? (Jewish World Review)

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Events have a way of clarifying even the muddiest political puzzles. As Americans prepared to pick the finalists for the presidential contest, the chaos in Pakistan served as a reminder of a simple truth about electing our chief executive.

puzzles of Chinese multinationals, stock market, hightech, outsourcing, politics, jobs (cmi santiago)

Get investment, trade, and finance lessons and know how on China. How do over a half million international companies make profits and compete in China? How do Airbus, Dell, Wal-Mart, HSBC, GE, Nokia, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Cisco, GM, Motorola, Unilever perform there?

New computers aid young learners (Mankato Free Press)

Move over toy blocks. Step aside coloring books and colored puzzles. A new innovation in preschool education has come to town and, judging from early responses, its here to stay.

When Movies Don?t Live Up to the Trailer (New York Times)

Just how different can a trailer be without becoming false advertising?

Sincere, patient and - after 34 years - retiring (Lancaster Online)

There's nothing fancy about her office at Meals on Wheels. The walls have wood panels. A few pictures that are glued puzzles of exotic places adorn them along with a smattering of papers. For 34 years, Gail Stump has run the Lancaster/Lampeter Meals on Wheels from this place, coordi…

Paul Nicholls happy but Jack puzzles O'Neill (Daily Telegraph)

The New Year's Day meeting saw contrasting success for the top jump trainers at Cheltenham as Jonjo O'Neill completed a double. Marcus Armytage reports.

Get organized (Chicago Tribune)

Looking down your list of New Year's resolutions, you're bound to come across 'Get better organized.' The Web has a few ingenious — and free — programs ready to help bring order to your daily life.

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Video <b>games</b> better than drugs?

This isn't the first time we've seen video games and VR in particular applied to medicine, but this is certainly the boldest claim we've heard yet. According some research done on chronic pain sufferers up at Simon Fraser University in

THQ plans <b>games</b> based on Pixar&#39;s WALLE, nobody surprised

Versions of the movie-made-game, which centers on a story of a robot named WALLo.E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) and his journey of self discovery, should begin to populate store shelves for every platform under

Tell us your most anticipated <b>games</b> of 2008

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TN <b>Games</b> readying 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet

Details are still fairly light on this one, but the folks at TN Games have just dropped us word that the company is about to expand its line of wearable gaming devices, with its new 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet set to make their

Totilo <b>Games</b> Played In 2007 - The PlayStation 3 List

This is the third in a series of posts about the games I played and/or finished for fun for the first time in 2007. For comparisons sake, see my 2006 list. My previous post in the series was about PC/Mobile/iPhone games I played.

The Same <b>Game</b>

Raph Koster has an interesting post covering many of the major game releases of 2007. The gist of his argument, as I see it, is that underneath their graphics and storytelling, games like God of War 2, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Halo 3,

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Video <b>games</b> better than drugs?

This isn't the first time we've seen video games and VR in particular applied to medicine, but this is certainly the boldest claim we've heard yet. According some research done on chronic pain sufferers up at Simon Fraser University in

THQ plans <b>games</b> based on Pixar&#39;s WALLE, nobody surprised

Versions of the movie-made-game, which centers on a story of a robot named WALLo.E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) and his journey of self discovery, should begin to populate store shelves for every platform under

Tell us your most anticipated <b>games</b> of 2008

We've already dispensed with our best games of 2007. Now it's time to look forward. We are speaking, of course, of the most anticipated games of 2008. It's hard to imagine that 2007 could be trumped, but we're more than willing to be

TN <b>Games</b> readying 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet

Details are still fairly light on this one, but the folks at TN Games have just dropped us word that the company is about to expand its line of wearable gaming devices, with its new 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet set to make their

Totilo <b>Games</b> Played In 2007 - The PlayStation 3 List

This is the third in a series of posts about the games I played and/or finished for fun for the first time in 2007. For comparisons sake, see my 2006 list. My previous post in the series was about PC/Mobile/iPhone games I played.

The Same <b>Game</b>

Raph Koster has an interesting post covering many of the major game releases of 2007. The gist of his argument, as I see it, is that underneath their graphics and storytelling, games like God of War 2, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Halo 3,

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Late breaking news

Video <b>games</b> better than drugs?

This isn't the first time we've seen video games and VR in particular applied to medicine, but this is certainly the boldest claim we've heard yet. According some research done on chronic pain sufferers up at Simon Fraser University in

THQ plans <b>games</b> based on Pixar&#39;s WALLE, nobody surprised

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Tell us your most anticipated <b>games</b> of 2008

We've already dispensed with our best games of 2007. Now it's time to look forward. We are speaking, of course, of the most anticipated games of 2008. It's hard to imagine that 2007 could be trumped, but we're more than willing to be

TN <b>Games</b> readying 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet

Details are still fairly light on this one, but the folks at TN Games have just dropped us word that the company is about to expand its line of wearable gaming devices, with its new 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet set to make their

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Video <b>games</b> better than drugs?

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THQ plans <b>games</b> based on Pixar&#39;s WALLE, nobody surprised

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TN <b>Games</b> readying 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet

Details are still fairly light on this one, but the folks at TN Games have just dropped us word that the company is about to expand its line of wearable gaming devices, with its new 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet set to make their

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We Want Puzzles and Card Games! (All About Symbian)

Looking for where to focus any new casual gaming projects on? Then the latest survey (this one from Parks Associates ) can help. Bottom line is the majority of casual gamers are interested in Puzzles and Card Games, some 55%, with word and arcade games at 32% and 33% respectively.

Can the voters think straight about the one thing we elect presidents to do? (Jewish World Review)

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Events have a way of clarifying even the muddiest political puzzles. As Americans prepared to pick the finalists for the presidential contest, the chaos in Pakistan served as a reminder of a simple truth about electing our chief executive.

puzzles of Chinese multinationals, stock market, hightech, outsourcing, politics, jobs (cmi santiago)

Get investment, trade, and finance lessons and know how on China. How do over a half million international companies make profits and compete in China? How do Airbus, Dell, Wal-Mart, HSBC, GE, Nokia, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Cisco, GM, Motorola, Unilever perform there?

New computers aid young learners (Mankato Free Press)

Move over toy blocks. Step aside coloring books and colored puzzles. A new innovation in preschool education has come to town and, judging from early responses, its here to stay.

Sincere, patient and - after 34 years - retiring (Lancaster Online)

There's nothing fancy about her office at Meals on Wheels. The walls have wood panels. A few pictures that are glued puzzles of exotic places adorn them along with a smattering of papers. For 34 years, Gail Stump has run the Lancaster/Lampeter Meals on Wheels from this place, coordi…

Paul Nicholls happy but Jack puzzles O'Neill (Daily Telegraph)

The New Year's Day meeting saw contrasting success for the top jump trainers at Cheltenham as Jonjo O'Neill completed a double. Marcus Armytage reports.

Husted's most popular questions answered (Philadelphia Daily News)

Tech writer and Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Bill Husted has a great seat for watching the technology parade go by - in no small part because of the e-mails, letters and calls he gets from readers. They offer a pretty clear picture of what consumers like you enjoy, as well as what puzzles you.

Mysterious Quiz (The New York Sun)

Mystery readers generally like puzzles, so here is another challenge for you. This presumes that you like mysteries, of course, as your sanity would have to be questioned for reading this column if you don't.

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TN <b>Games</b> readying 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet

Details are still fairly light on this one, but the folks at TN Games have just dropped us word that the company is about to expand its line of wearable gaming devices, with its new 3rd Space GFR Vest and HXT Helmet set to make their

Tell us your most anticipated <b>games</b> of 2008

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Are the criteria for good <b>games</b> changing with the audience?

Reviews tend to be written by jerks like me who have been playing games every day for 20+ years and expect not only innovation, but quality relative to that whole history of gaming. We may require a lot more out of our games:

Totilo <b>Games</b> Played In 2007 - The Xbox 360 List

My 360 whirred loudly for 21 games and, thankfully, never red-ringed. None of the 21 was a sports or racing game. Ten were first-person shooters, but thats not my problem. Thats an issue for humanitarian Bill Gates, whose machine is

Welcome Back!

Every time I play Bio-ware games I am amazed. That is one freaking talented group of people over there. It took a bit for me to really find a groove in that game, but it has really impressed me. I loved KOTOR, but to me the lack of

Reggie Says Wii Can Download &quot;Complete&quot; DS <b>Games</b> [Nintendo DS]

While we already know that the Wii will be able to download and transmit DS demos to the handheld, we now also know that you'll soon be able to download full games to your DS. While discussing the demo download feature,

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