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Weekend fun picks

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
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Since my schedule has changed and its just too dang hard to actually write these fun picks on Fridays, this feature will now be called “Weekend Fun Picks”. I know, its not as snappy. Maybe I’ll have to find another name altogether. But not right now.
This week I have been playing alot of games for [...]

Friday Fun Picks returns!

Sunday, April 16th, 2006
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Yes! Bone: The Great Cow Race is now available! Which means that I am free once again to unleash my game realted jibba jabba on the world!
Even though its Sunday, I am going to offer forth these Friday Fun Picks for your enjoyment. These are two new games from Gamelab.
Plantasia
I have been playing [...]

Friday Fun Picks — Dan is Robbed

Friday, February 24th, 2006
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My good friend Dan Fabulich occasionally produces really groovy games.
Alter Ego is a port from an IBM game that Dan created to run in the comfort of your own web-browser. From his description:
“In order to provide players with a cross section of experiences from
life in general, rather than the author’s life alone, Alter Ego’s
creator, [...]

Friday Fun Picks

Saturday, February 11th, 2006
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So its Saturday. So sue me.
Casual games that are about stories? Try these out and let me know what you think:
The Witch’s Yarn
Ciao Bella

Fun picks on Sunday!

Sunday, February 5th, 2006
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Yeah, I been slackin’. So instead of making you wait another whole week for fun picks, enjoy these ones.
Word games have never really been my forte. I tend not to be very good at them and as a result I tend to somewhat avoid them. But here are some really neat ones that even [...]