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Author :: Stephen Todd  |
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| Article Title :: Playing Backgammon Online - For Fun or Profit |
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| The Internet has many websites to help you pass the time away and ease boredom. Some of these online distractions come in the form of Internet games that you can pay to play or as a free form of entertainment. Some of the available outlets allow you to play chess, checkers, solitaire, as well as playing backgammon online.When you are interested in playing backgammon online, you can choose to either play against a human competitor or if you don’t feel like dealing with a real person, the computer is also equipped to play backgammon online.There are plenty of websites to go to when you are in the mood for a game of backgammon, where you can even choose the option to play for (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Stephen Todd |
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| Article Title :: How to Win at Internet Backgammon - Learning for Free |
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| The first backgammon web site came online in 1994, but now that there are fast Internet connections, online backgammon has become extremely popular.Before you challenge a human opponent to a game of online backgammon, you need to build up your playing skills - here's how to do it for free:1. The basics of the game are easy to learn, and there's plenty of information for free on the Internet.2. Download some Shareware and freeware backgammon programs from the Internet - these programs are often weak - but that's a good thing - you can learn to play against these programs without getting discouraged - everyone likes to win now and then.3. When you can regularly b (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Robert Emler |
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| Article Title :: The Excitement About Gaming |
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| Gaming today has come a long way. The gaming technology today is giving the games a whole new perspective. Because of the gaming technology more and more people today are finding gaming to be more existing and challenging.The Games today have much better graphics. It’s a lot different then the old square faced figures running around a jagged edged for ground. The graphics in today’s games give the games a more movie like look. Making the games more like a video or life like, and being able to interact in the movie.The first person shooter games and the role playing games have made the biggest impact on the gaming industry. These games have far exceeded there expectations (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Richard Kingston |
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| Article Title :: Should Links Between Real And Virtual Economies Be Encouraged Or Banned? |
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| For players of online role-playing games such as EverQuest 2 and World of Warcraft, battling monsters and amassing treasure is an enjoyable form of escapism. Yet the real and virtual worlds are increasingly intertwined.Last month, a "Project Entropia" player paid the game's creators $26,500 for an island in the game's virtual world. (He hopes to recoup the money through mining and selling plots to other players). This month, an Ultima Online player set up a scheme to let players donate items and currency to raise money for tsunami relief. Currency exchanges even allow gamers to move funds from one game to another.Some dedicated virtual items stores sell game currencies such (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Richard Kingston |
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| Article Title :: The Online Game Industry is an Excellent Way to Study the Economics of Fun |
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| While scientists developed sensory-input devices to mimic the sensations of a virtual world, the games industry eschewed this hardware-based approach in favour of creating alternative realities through emotionally engaging software. "It turns out that the way humans are made, the software-based approach seems to have much more success," writes Edward Castronova in an illuminating guide to these new synthetic worlds.Millions of people now spend several hours a week immersed in "massively multiplayer online role-playing games" (MMORPGs). These are often Tolkienesque fantasy worlds in which players battle monsters, go on quests, and build up their virtual power and wealth. Some synthe (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Dan Fletcher |
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| Article Title :: How to Play Corona Solitaire |
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| Corona Solitaire is a fun solitaire game, requiring skill, planning, and patience. There are decisions to make throughout the game, but you may not know if the game can be finished until the very last card. It is quite an obscure solitaire game, but those that play it find it immensely fun... in fact, it's one of my personal favourites, and I can't stop playing!The aim is to build 8 ascending suit sequences in the foundation stacks.The opening tableau is maed up of 2 decks, and consists of:
8 foundation stacks, which are all empty,
12 manoeuvre stacks, each with 3 face-up cards, and
a talon, with 68 face-down cards.
Car (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Robert Emler |
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| Article Title :: How The Gaming Industry Plays A Roll In The Tech World |
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| Any one who plays games on there computer or even on a consol like a play station two, x- box, game cube, can tell you that the games today have a lot of technology put into them. It’s that technology that going to create more and more business for the computer world.More and more people are playing games today. Games are one of the top most favorite pass times for people all over the world. The interest in gaming has grown a lot in the past few years, and it’s that interest that is making the gaming industry a top contender in the Technology world.As more people get caught up in the gaming world. The demand for better games have become a must have. The better the game i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Kurt Uhlir |
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| Article Title :: Eat Your Fruits And Vegetables - And Play Video Games |
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| The continued battle of the “games are good” “games are bad” war plays on with a recent article in Discover Magazine that examines the growing body of research suggesting that video games exercise the mind similar to the way physical activity exercises the body.Laparoscopic surgery, also known as keyhole surgery or band-aid surgery, involves manipulating controls/joysticks to control a fiber optic camera and surgical tools to perform minimally invasive surgery with only tiny incisions in the person’s body. Laparoscopic surgery has been around for many years now, but doctors have only recently begun to notice a stirring correlation between the top surgeons and video gamer (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Travis Sago |
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| Article Title :: Really Sweet PSP Game Hack |
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| Here is the most popular Sony PSP Hack for playing old games on your PSP.Many PSP fans, including myself, are already looking for ways to push their PSP's to the extreme. I want more options, more PSP games, and a whole cinema full of PSP Movies.Here's a great example; many PSP fans are old gamers of the past and since hauling around your old super nintendo is out...and totally nerdy... here's what you can do:Search the web for a PSP Game Emulator.What's a game emulator?Ah, that is the secret to a world of PSP fun. Real simply a PSP Game Emulator is software that lets your PSP pretend that is another type of game console. So you can load up games from sa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Games Articles |
Author :: Ron Swerdfiger |
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| Article Title :: Could We See A Xbox 360 Portable? |
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| With the success of the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP, it should come as no real surprise Microsoft wants a piece of the pie.BusinessWeek is reporting that Microsoft is considering entering the market themselves, with a new multimedia device that would incorporate gaming.Peter Moore, would not confirm such a project but did say that "any Microsoft media device would have to leverage the company's most significant consumer strength, video gaming."If Microsoft were to create such a device, would it be more like an Xbox handled or more of a PocketPC PDA with gaming functionality. Moore says about the Xbox brand, "It can't just be our version of the iPod... I think the bra (read full article) |
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