Thinking Chess. This is so cool. When it’s the computer’s turn it illustrates the moves it is considering. Beautiful. The pieces are cool as well, even though I keep on forgetting which one is which!
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Addictiveness alert
Warning, this one’s quite addictive. Fastr, a game based on Flickr where you have to guess the tag as quickly as possible. (Via)
50 Cent, 18 Certificate
Here is something I saw in Game yesterday — a 50 Cent game with an oversized BBFC 18 certificate logo. You don’t think the makers of the game might be using its 18 certificate status as a selling point, perhaps? Having an 18 certificate is a sure-fire way to get kids interested in a video […]
Phones: they make great phones!
Here is iRiver’s “PSP killer”, the G10 (via New Links). Looks nice, but the PSP is bound to win for two reasons: WipEout Pure (a return to form for the WipEout series!) Lumines (the most addictive puzzle game I’ve played in ages) While we’re on fancy new-fangled gadgets, I’ve been hearing one or two people […]
Amazon Xbox shortages
Gamers decry Amazon Xbox shortage. The moral of the story is, if you want your items delivered promptly, never order from Amazon. As anybody who has used Amazon will know, Amazon’s “delivery estimates” seem to be random dates plucked from thin air.
The Xbox is just a PC after all
Xbox 360 crashing like mad? So it is just a PC for your living room then! (Via)
The new Honda team revealed
The new Honda team has been revealed: Super Aguri Formula One. Sounds more like a video game.
There goes this evening
There goes this evening. My high score is 2160. (Via.)
Super Mario on a massive instrument
Super Mario theme played on an oversized bass. Awesome! (Via.)
Remote control
What is it with Nintendo and controllers? For the NES they brought out a controller shaped like a brick, but we can forgive them for that since it was the 1980s. But then they brought out the N64 with its stupidly positioned analogue stick. It might have been an innovation that gamers now take for […]