Comments on: The Name of the Game http://tleaves.com/2005/12/26/the-name-of-the-game/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: garyh http://tleaves.com/2005/12/26/the-name-of-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2280 garyh Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:46:42 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=533#comment-2280 My vote goes to Oasis. One of the few casual games that actually hooked me enough to purchase this year. Kind of a blend between minesweeper and civ I guess. Only other game I ended up buying was the diablo knockoff Fate. My vote goes to Oasis. One of the few casual games that actually hooked me enough to purchase this year. Kind of a blend between minesweeper and civ I guess. Only other game I ended up buying was the diablo knockoff Fate.

]]> By: Trin http://tleaves.com/2005/12/26/the-name-of-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 Trin Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:25:56 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=533#comment-2279 I spent some of the weekend working back through the Grow games after being linked to the holiday edition: http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/tree/index.html I spent some of the weekend working back through the Grow games after being linked to the holiday edition:
http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/tree/index.html

]]> By: Tom Moertel http://tleaves.com/2005/12/26/the-name-of-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 Tom Moertel Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:10:42 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=533#comment-2278 In my holiday spare moments, I have been playing the delightful, decade-lasting Rocks'n'Diamonds, a Boulder-Dash inspired game that goes beyond the original. It supports not only the Olde-Style play of Boulder Dash but also of popular variants Emerald Mines and Supaplex, and, strangely enough, of Sokoban. It's GPL licensed and versions are available for Linux, Unix, DOS, Win32, and Mac OS X. The default levels are entertaining and often puzzling. A legion of adoring fans have created additional level packages, should you decide to play for the next century or so. The link: http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/ Cheers, Tom In my holiday spare moments, I have been playing the delightful, decade-lasting Rocks’n'Diamonds, a Boulder-Dash inspired game that goes beyond the original. It supports not only the Olde-Style play of Boulder Dash but also of popular variants Emerald Mines and Supaplex, and, strangely enough, of Sokoban. It’s GPL licensed and versions are available for Linux, Unix, DOS, Win32, and Mac OS X.

The default levels are entertaining and often puzzling. A legion of adoring fans have created additional level packages, should you decide to play for the next century or so.

The link:
http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/

Cheers,
Tom

]]> By: Adam Rixey http://tleaves.com/2005/12/26/the-name-of-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 Adam Rixey Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:11:32 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=533#comment-2277 I spent a good chunk of last week playing Weird Worlds (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/), sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. I don't have the patience to ever play 4X games to conclusion, and really only enjoy the initial exploration phases. For instance, once the entire map is explored in Civ I tend to get tired of the stalemate/ware phase and just restart the game. Weird Worlds is nice because it's pretty much just that exploration phase. And I can complete a game in 10-20 minutes, not all weekend. Only instead of that "one more turn" addiction, I get stuck into a "one more game" problem... I spent a good chunk of last week playing Weird Worlds (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/), sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. I don’t have the patience to ever play 4X games to conclusion, and really only enjoy the initial exploration phases. For instance, once the entire map is explored in Civ I tend to get tired of the stalemate/ware phase and just restart the game. Weird Worlds is nice because it’s pretty much just that exploration phase. And I can complete a game in 10-20 minutes, not all weekend. Only instead of that “one more turn” addiction, I get stuck into a “one more game” problem…

]]> By: Jon http://tleaves.com/2005/12/26/the-name-of-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 Jon Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:21:38 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=533#comment-2276 Here's a whole mess of flash (and occasionally java) browser games: http://jayisgames.com/best_of_2005.php Here’s a whole mess of flash (and occasionally java) browser games: http://jayisgames.com/best_of_2005.php

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