- Amazing Mahjongg 3D 1.2.6, Ancient Breath in the Modern Skin — The original Chinese Mahjongg game is thousands of years older than the chess. Its origins are attributed to the famous philosopher, Confucius, who traveled through China provinces near 500s BC, populating his doctrines, sights, and the game. He called the new game «Mahjongg» (hemp bird) simply because he loved birds. The traditional Mahjongg is very widely spread in its homeland. The game even appears to be a part…
- CellFighter Game 2.04. New Life for Game of Life — Almost 40 years ago, when computers were large working machines and the phrase «computer game» sounded absurdly, a famous British mathematician invented the so-called «Game of Life», which by no means was a game, it was rather an example of a cellular automata clear for even a child. You certainly have seen those black-and-white cells (and possibly even have written you own example in the middle school). Many…
- Game Cheater ArtMoney 7.21. Funny Tricks. — Game cheating is not so fair, but sometimes it’s a very joyful thing. When you have hundreds of monsters in the next room, and only five ammos — is it a fair play? So, who can blame you for such a natural wish of having five THOUSANDS of ammos or, better one big bad RPG? There are much more examples — like «not enough money» in strategy games, or «not enough mana»…
- ADG Panorama Tools 5.02.87. 360 Degrees of Beauty. — Panorama magic is a strange thing by how it impacts human’s imagination. What hidden forces make us keep looking at those (almost ordinary) photographs, which differ from other similar landscapes just by the LENGTH of the picture? I don’t know that hidden forces, but I certainly know the outcome — it’s the abnormal attractiveness of 360-degree images, as well as the attractiveness…
- Double Solitaire, Another Dimension of the Old Game — The computerization of good old board games (like cards) sometimes brings awesome results. I am talking about cases where the author of a «virtual equivalent of a real game» can find and embody some new features, because of which the game remains almost the same, but its playability receives a completely new dimension. The good example is Double Solitaire, which harmonically combines the logical challenge of the classic…
- 360 High Definition Screensaver Version 2, The Beauty Is Around — When you are looking at your computer’s screensaver, it’s about the same as if you were looking through a virtual window. You see something there, that thing may be pretty or scary, but it’s «behind the monitor». Many screensavers try to convince you, «you’re not in a stuffy office, you’re outside», but instead, you just see «one more window». 360 High…
- War Games Construction Kit — Do you sometimes think it’s high time you took a break and put your work off for a minute? You definitely do. Wouldn’t it be nice to release the tension and wreak some havoc on the battlefield? But what would be a good time killer in a situation when you don’t have any games at hand? There is an answer for all action-lovers out there — War Games Construction Kit! This game is ideal…
- Lines Push 3.45, The New Old Game — You definitely know the old classic Lines game, which was like «move the colorful balls through the field to make the combinations (lines) of a color». And if you know the game (you do!), there were times when you fell in love with it and spent days to solve that puzzle seemed to be so easy. If the above is the story of you, (it is!) you probably remember the sad day when you noticed you were bored. Even…
- My SUDOKU 1.62, The Game From Endless Time — In 1849, prominent mathematician Leonard Euler published his work «De quadratis magicis» («On magic squares»), describing properties and construction of «squares of digits» with special constraints for sum by rows and columns. In 1979, American architect Howard Garns published in Dell Magazines a puzzle called «Number Place». In 1986, Japanese puzzle publisher Nikoli republished Garns’ puzzle…
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