The debate on computer/video gaming + list of free games online

Posted in Fun, Gadgets, International, Online, Online games by nothuffington

Two interesting articles about the current state of gaming:

Father develops cystic fibrosis game to help daughter

and

The games that made me

Just read this exercept:

For example:

I leaned patience from rock-hard games like Impossible Mission, Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Thrust (and from waiting for them to load via cassette).
I learned how to spell from text adventures like Zork, The Hobbit and Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy.
I learned social skills from multi-player games like Gauntlet, Pitstop 2 and Ballblazer.
I developed a love of all sports from simulations like Leaderboard, International Soccer and Summer Games
I learned to appreciate exotic animals from Jeff Minter’s Attack of the Mutant Camels, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time and Sheep in Space.
I learned how to think strategically and quickly adapt to changing fortunes from Archon, Boulderdash and Super Pipeline 2.
And I learned the universe was a really, really big place from Elite.

What are the games that have made you?

Interesting gaming questions there, lol.

~~Meanwhile here is a list of free online games to kill time with:~~
(THESE GAMES SEEMS TO BE DOWN FOR THE MOMENT)

Online Games list

Adventure games:
Arcane Online Mystery Serial – The Stone Circle (Episode 7)
Huntsville
Pharaohs Tomb – Adventure Game
Uncover the secrets of the Ravenhearst Manor!
Snowy Treasure Hunter 2
Tradewinds 2

Platform games:
Diner Dash! (Hometown Hero) Free Online Version
Kids Next Door – Operation M.O.S.Q.U.I.T.T.O.H
Snowy Puzzle Islands
Funny old birds!

Board games:
Jewel Quest
The wisdom of China in a game
Flower Power

Puzzle games:
Bring back the colours!
Titanic – Hidden Expedition

Racing and Motor games:
Ho-pin Tung Racer Game
Rocky Monster Car Game

Simulator games:
Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children
Once upon a time in the far Far West

Quiz games:
Trivial Pursuit Online

Fairy games:
Plantasia

Sports games:
Gutterball – Free Online Bowling Game

Classics and others:
Moneybags!

Hooked on Trivial Pursuit online – Why are games so addictive on the net?

Posted in Fun, Gadgets, Games, Internet, Leading Websites, Online, Popular Websites, Strange, Trivial Pursuit, Web 2.0 by nothuffington

Seriously, why are games so addictive on computers and/or over the Internet? I’m even hooked on an online version of Trivial Pursuit now! http://free-games-list.blogspot.com/2011/03/trivial-pursuit-free-online-game-six.html

Trivial Pursuit online in a web version

Have either of you ever played that particular version of Trivial Pursuit? I ask, not because of any weird rules or particularly tough questions in it, but because of the opponent – The Teddybear… Well, the teddy bear and it’s moves more precisely.
Who put that in there? Funny as hell though, and maybe that’s why I’ve become addicted to this game?

10Feb2011

Audi Carbon Ski coming in 2011/2012

Posted in Audi, Beauty, Car, Carbon fiber, Cars, Design, Electronics, Fun, Gadgets, Head, Images, International, Materials, News, Photography, Pretty, Ski, Skiing, The Audi Carbon Ski Concept, VW, Wallpaper, World by nothuffington

Does these skis look great or what? Seems that Audi is going to start production of a carbon fiber ski later this year, possibly in some sort of partnership with Head. Supposed to be both light weight and strong; all ski enthusiasts will be waiting eagerly for this one by Audi.

The Audi Carbon Ski Concept on Carbon Cover

The Audi Carbon Ski Concept Illustration

Don’t know anything about the price yet though. Read full article here: The Audi Carbon Ski Concept

2Feb2011

Topless avatar shows up in offical Tiger Woods golf computer game!

Posted in Brunettes, Electronics, Gadgets, Girls, Golf, Images, International, Models, News, Online, Photography, Popular Websites, Sex, Strange, UK, World by nothuffington

A woman playing golf at her Playstation was shocked to se her “self” tee off TOPLESS in a Tiger Woods golf game.

Tiger Woods PGA 11 Topless golf computer game

Jo Eley had “spent ages” creating an avatar to make it resemble herself using face-mapping technology. But when she started playing, her avatar was topless and, wearing only white hotpants.

Eley, who will turn 27 shortly, said she believed a programmer put the hidden strip in as a prank after Tiger Woods famous screw around with pornstars that was covered broadly in the media. Jo, the mother of one likes to play the Tiger Woods PGA 11 golf game with her partner Nathan Oliver, where they live in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.

Topless golfer found hidden in Tiger Woods PGA Golf Game for Playstation

She told a tabloid: “We couldn’t stop laughing. Now I can’t get rid of it. It could have been worse, she looks quite good and has bigger boobs than me.”

PG Electronic Arts responded by saing: “We have extensively investigated and have determined that this situation is not possible through a retail copy of the game. The player model is clearly modified as a result of hacking.”

It is not know if Tiger Woods have shown any interest in switching to Playstation golf following these topless news.

14Jan2011

Mammoth cloning possible in 4 years – Mammoth babies coming

Posted in Africa, Animals, Bugs, Climate Change, Earthquake, Electronics, Environment, Gadgets, International, Mammoths, Pandemic, Pets, Politics, Viruses, World by nothuffington

The woolly mammoth, extinct for thousands of years, could be brought back to life in as little as four years because of bored self-involved scientists looking for something to do that will make them rich and famous.

Mammoth cloning possible in 4 years

Previous efforts in the 1990s to recover nuclei in cells from the skin and muscle tissue from mammoths found in the Siberian permafrost failed because they had been too badly damaged by the extreme cold.

But a technique pioneered in 2008 by Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama, of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology, was successful in cloning a mouse from the cells of another mouse that had been frozen for 16 years.

Now that hurdle has been overcome, Akira Iritani, a professor at Kyoto University, is reactivating his campaign to resurrect the species that died out 5,000 years ago.

“Now the technical problems have been overcome, all we need is a good sample of soft tissue from a frozen mammoth,” he told The Daily Telegraph.

He intends to use Dr Wakayama’s technique to identify the nuclei of viable mammoth cells before extracting the healthy ones.

The nuclei will then be inserted into the egg cells of an African elephant, which will act as the surrogate mother for the mammoth.

Professor Iritani said he estimates that another two years will be needed before the elephant can be impregnated, followed by the approximately 600-day gestation period.

He has announced plans to travel to Siberia in the summer to search for mammoths in the permafrost and to recover a sample of skin or tissue that can be as small as 3cm square. If he is unsuccessful, the professor said, he will ask Russian scientists to provide a sample from one of their finds.

“The success rate in the cloning of cattle was poor until recently but now stands at about 30 per cent,” he said. “I think we have a reasonable chance of success and a healthy mammoth could be born in four or five years.”