Posted on August 17th, 2009 by News Pipe #1
In honor of the board game’s 60th anniversary, San Francisco’s Lombard Street will get a sweet makeover on Wednesday. (Heh.) The crooked street will transform into a giant Candyland board. According to SF Appeal , “The street will be closed to traffic as children from the University of California, San Francisco Children’s Hospital participate in the game as colored game pieces and interact with life-sized game characters, according to organizers.” (Why do only children get to play?! Bah. Ne
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Posted on August 17th, 2009 by News Pipe #1
Nintendo downloads this week: Do you like mystery and surprises? A new WiiWare game offers elements of magic and pop-up excitement. Are you an extrovert who craves the spotlight? Try a Nintendo DSiWare title that turns players into rock stars. Do you crave competition and fierce action? Choose from a new car racing game or a bona fide martial-arts classic from Sega. Or maybe you’re more of a brainiac? Check out the sudoku-themed installment in the popular Brain Age series. Nintendo has now
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Posted on August 14th, 2009 by News Pipe #1
About 1.5 years ago I quit my job. I didn’t have another job. I had no idea what I was going to do but I figured it would all work out. Eventually. But yes, it was indeed a tough choice . I left for a lot of reasons, one being that I wanted some balance in my life. I didn’t want to be on the phone 8 hours a day. I didn’t want to be working at 10pm, knowing that I had started before 8am and no, I hadn’t taken a lunch break, or a dinner break. If I was lucky I’d have showered or at least change
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Posted on August 14th, 2009 by News Pipe #1
Image: Wizards of the Coast Gamers gathered at Gen Con this week in Indianapolis got a sneak peek at the next Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Wizards of the Coast announced Friday that it is resurrecting the post-apocalyptic fantasy world of Athas — home to giants, nomads, psionicists and evil sorcerer-kings — with the 2010 release of the Dark Sun Campaign Guide. Dark Sun, a popular range of novels and gaming supplements back in the TSR days of D&D, has been a fan favor
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Posted on August 14th, 2009 by News Pipe #1
Besides id Software’s dramatic sale on Doom Resurrection and Wolfenstein 3D Classic , other developers have recently cut prices on some solid games that we’ve covered before. Here are a list of sales on games that are worth considering: 4×4 Jam ($3.99 -> $1.99) – An open field off-road racer that we enjoyed . Farm Frenzy ($4.99 -> $0.99) – a time management game set on a farm. Zooloretto ($4.99 -> 0.99) – an original board game won Australian game of the y
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