computer games

With luck, I could probably snag one for less than $10k. http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2014/02/13/smartphones-with-flappy-bird-sell-for-thousands-on-ebay/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true I see it as an investment opportunity. People are born every day, but they're not making any...

The last single-player adventure-style game I played was Myst. I'm in the mood for another such game, but I need recommendations. I know that adventure games have been largely replaced with shooter games, so perhaps there aren't many choices. I don't mind some shooting, but I like the adventure...

http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam?cat=world&type=article Well, I guess it beats live organ harvesting. http://organharvestinvestigation.net/

Amazon discontinued the sale of some obscure Japanese computer game. The reason? the game is a rape simulator in which the player gets to sexually assault women. There's lots of sexual violence in those Manga cartoons too. So rape themed erotica seems to be a major characteristic of Japanese...

So there seems to be a new trend out there: Ad supported Games. While I don't bother about an advertisement while the game is loading, most download sites are rather slow and the file-sizes of those games can be some Gigs. But what the heck: It's free Examples: Far Cry Free Full Game (Ad...

World of Goo is an odd and charming little game / physics simulation. http://2dboy.com/games.php I love the graphics, sounds, and music. Demo (PC only) from FileFront at http://tinyurl.com/6g9egw Each level even comes with OCD: Obsessive Completion Distinction, like "Collect 16 balls".

Just heard about this on the BBC World Service programme Health Check: http://fold.it/portal/adobe_main It's a game to see if human intelligence is a better way to design and discover how proteins are folded than dumb computer algorithms. Haven't played it myself, but I thought some of you...

Have any of you played this game? It is rated as one of the best first person shooter games EVER. It got a score of 97 on one site and 90 and above on others. Is it really that earth shattering? Regards, Yair

Not that it sounds any more violent than many other computer games: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2116634.html?menu= I had a look at some reviews. This one made me laugh... Scroll down and read the "three lessons" the game taught him! :eye-poppi...

From Gamespot : So she's upset because a game that should not be sold to those below the age of 17 contains pornographic material that has to be unlocked using a mod? Man, someone should send her Singles 2, or some japanese Hentai games.

Anyone else remember the "classics," and I don't mean "Half Life I" but really going back, ie before the days of video cards etc.... I esp. remember a lot of shareware games like Cmdr Keen, Wolfenstein, Duke Nuk'm (the orig), the "worm" games (where you're in a box and you have to stop from...