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Category Archives: Games
Adventures with a dumbphone: Chasing forest sarks
This is the third in my series of ‘Apps You Might Enjoy’, following on from my earlier posts about Morse Mania and Elevate: this one is about Duolingo, an app that was recommended to me by msjadeli. Duolingo – making … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, Games, Health
Tagged app, cognition, dumbphone, Klingon, Language, personal improvement, Review, training
6 Comments
Adventures with a dumbphone: Elevate — Brain Training
There’s a serious amount of dross in the ‘Play Store’, but there are some real gems in there too. My plan is to offer some thoughts about Apps You Might Enjoy; this is the second in that series, following on … Continue reading
Posted in art, Communication, Education, Games, Health
Tagged app, cognition, dumbphone, Elevate, personal improvement, Review, training
17 Comments
Adventures with a dumbphone: Morse Mania
Just over a year ago, I finally joined the smartdumbphone crowd (I wibbled about my experience at the time, in case you’re interested). I’m proud of myself in that I haven’t succumbed to the urge to become a meanderthal — … Continue reading
Posted in art, Communication, Education, Games, Health
Tagged app, dumbphone, Morse code, Morse Mania, Review
26 Comments
The paradox of expertise
I’ve long maintained that the deal that’s been struck by computer makers with computer users about security is very one-sided. It assumes that the user always has the nouse to deal with their end of the bargain, and that’s simply … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Education, Games, illusion, Phlyarology
Tagged cognitive bias, Expertise, Hand of Fate, learning, Paradox, Paradox of Expertise
6 Comments
Can anything good come from a betrayal?
Starcraft is an awesome game. But more than that, it’s a love story; one that begins with a betrayal. Sarah Kerrigan has worked hard to further the aims of Arcturus Mengsk, the Emperor of the Terran Dominion. But for some … Continue reading
Posted in art, Fantasy, Games
Tagged Blizzard, James Raynor, Queen of Blades, Sarah Kerrigan, Starcraft, Zerg
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Wordle 443
Dampness on my left side. I put a hand to it; it felt slick. Drew it away, looked. My fingers: covered with blood. Suddenly queasy, uneasy — I sensed my body turn. The air moved slyly past me. I fell … Continue reading
Posted in art, balance, Communication, Drama, Games, Poetry
Tagged Flash fiction, The Sunday Whirl, Wordle
24 Comments
Puzzling over jigsaws
I’ve never really been into jigsaw puzzles; I could never see the point of them. The mother of an old friend of mine really seemed to enjoy them: I bought her a puzzle once as a gift: it was a … Continue reading
Lunar Lander
For two hundred thousand years, humanity trundled along. And then the industrial revolution happened — and things took off… I recall, as a young boy, watching the Apollo 11 Moon landing. I remember looking forward to the day when I … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Games, History
Tagged Apollo 11, Atari, Lunar Flight, Lunar Lander, moon, Shovsoft
3 Comments
JourneyQuest 3: Return of the Lactomancer
Yes, it makes no sense. If everything we know and love will come crashing down around us, what’s the point? Nevertheless, it has to be… 3,252 backers $254,717 pledged of $420,000 goal 3 days to go JourneyQuest 3: go back … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, crowdsourcing, Culture, Drama, Fantasy, Games, JourneyQuest, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged Journey Quest, journeyquest, kickstarter, lactomancer
9 Comments
Darkwood: an appeal to fear
There are these three guys in Warsaw, Poland — Gustaw, Artur and Jakub — and they call themselves ‘Acid Wizard Studio‘. They’re developing a game called ‘Darkwood’ for the PC, Mac and Linux. They need help. And I’m not talking … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Computers and Internet, crowdsourcing, Games, Phlyarology
Tagged Acid Wizard Studio, Darkwood, fear, horror, indiegogo, minecraft, surrealism
3 Comments