Need some iPhone games that are as engrossing as Civilization, SimCity, and Age of Empires. (Yes, I already have Civilization Revolution and SimCity DLX.)
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posted by Afroblanco
on Mar 28, 2013 -
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We started off with Munchkin, then picked up Munchkin Zombies. Which Munchkin expansion should we try next?
posted by dragonplayer
on Feb 26, 2013 -
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Can I play Bioshock on my Macbook Air? Will it be a pleasant experience? Will I have problems with overheating or with a less-than-ideal interface?
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posted by OrangeDisk
on Aug 9, 2012 -
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Where should I start in the Total War series? I am enjoying Civilization V but I'd like to jump into the Total War series and I see there are quite a few versions and updates and I don't know where would be a good place to begin.
posted by zzazazz
on Jul 2, 2012 -
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I've been a long-time fan of the
Myst series, but up until recently with
Fez I didn't realize how much I missed atmospheric games based heavily on exploration and worldbuilding-type puzzles. Can anyone recommend more?
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posted by flatluigi
on May 2, 2012 -
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I don't get PC game requirements; I seem to have a mental block on the issue, and I don't think I'm going to get it. I've never had one of those fancy "video card" things. HL2 and Portal work great on my laptop, Bio-shock is sluggish to the point where its playable but I won't bother. What games that were state-of-the-art at the time, but are now older, can I play?
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posted by longtime_lurker
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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My kid wants to play Minecraft. I am not a gamer. Please help me answer questions regarding system requirements, appropriateness and how to get him started when I really don't want to get involved at all!
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posted by BlahLaLa
on Mar 15, 2012 -
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Creative-gifty-diablo3 filter: What else could you put in a DVD/game case where the CD/game usually goes?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 23, 2012 -
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How should I train a new pilot in EVE online so that I can have a head start when I start playing in June?
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posted by JimmyJames
on Jan 29, 2012 -
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Is there a (preferably free) online game like Zynga's Adventure World that
doesn't require me to hassle my friends for things to move forward?
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posted by divabat
on Sep 30, 2011 -
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My SO and I really enjoy playing a two-player card game called
Jambo. If you are familiar with this game, what other two-player game would you recommend that a
Jambo player would enjoy?
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posted by Blazecock Pileon
on Sep 8, 2011 -
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My seven year old daughter has fallen in love with Minecraft after watching a video review of the game with her mother. I've just started letting her play. She's in Peaceful mode. Building like crazy. She seems to be having a blast. Anything I should be aware of as she gets more involved?
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posted by Toekneesan
on Mar 27, 2011 -
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Can anyone remember the name of a puzzle game I played via a yahoo group in the early 2000s? Every week, they'd send a logic-type puzzle that was part of a larger mystery. I never solved the last two, and I wish I had. I'd love to give it another shot if this game is still online somewhere.
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posted by lesli212
on Dec 1, 2010 -
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Has there been a good racing video game that allows you to build your own tracks?
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posted by zzazazz
on Oct 15, 2010 -
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What are the best multiplayer Wii games, especially for a family that loves causing havoc in co-op mode (be it in an FPS, or in a third-person hack-n-slash RPG)? We already have the Wii Sports/Resort games and aren't really interested in Super Smash Bros or Super Mario.
posted by flibbertigibbet
on Jul 9, 2010 -
12 answers
What are the best sports games for the Nintendo DS or Game Boy Advance?
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posted by reenum
on Apr 13, 2010 -
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I'm trying to find a game I played when I was younger. It was on the PSX (I believe), and consisted of switching between different animal bodies to navigate the world. The graphics were cartoonish, and you were a "soul." When you weren't inside a body you looked like a black spider, and if you stayed out too long you would die.
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posted by biochemist
on Aug 11, 2009 -
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How do you organise, structure, and run a LARP - particularly one that's a little bit unusual?
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posted by divabat
on Jul 26, 2009 -
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I stopped gaming when the dinosaurs roamed the earth (not quite PacMac, but Mario Brothers 3). How do I get back in?
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posted by foooooogasm
on Jul 4, 2009 -
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Neeerrrrrrrrdfilter: I want to play Bioshock. Help me find the most economical way to upgrade my video hardware so that it will run the game satisfactorily.
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posted by killdevil
on Aug 22, 2007 -
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Windows game recommendations for myself? I know there are lots of game review sites out there, but tons of games go into their meat grinder and they go on the assumption that you already know what you want. Is there a poll or "favorites" list that I can use as a springboard for finding popular games? I tried Googling this and keep finding nothing but 1994-era lists.
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posted by chef_boyardee
on Nov 29, 2006 -
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I used to play an old DOS game in which you had to manuever a paper airplane through a house, with each room being a different level, each of which got progressively harder through the addition of obstacles. The plane, if I recall correctly, had a fixed rate of descent and could only rise by moving over a fan/vent. If you touched anything you died. It was an awesome combination of puzzle/action. Bonus points if you tell me how I can play it on a modern WinXP box.
posted by phrontist
on Nov 12, 2006 -
6 answers
If Valve's
Steam means that games developers can do away with publisher, distributor and retailer overheads... um... why isn't everyone doing it, or similar things?
posted by Pretty_Generic
on Nov 10, 2004 -
13 answers
Recently The Howie
linked to a place that sells modded Xboxen. My question is--if I get one of these modded boxes, can I just use it as a turnkey solution for running a little dual-boot computer that can emulate a bunch of game platforms, play my mp3s with a decent interface, and play quicktime movies that I've ripped with a reasonable amount of clarity? (oh yeah, and save xbox games to the HD). Or, is it one of those deals where I *could* do most of that stuff, but I'd spend a heck of a lot of time messing with config files and otherwise slowly morphing into a Eunuchs Guru...
Or would I just be better off getting a cheap little mini-itx computer and putting an lcd monitor on it?
posted by mecran01
on Sep 25, 2004 -
15 answers
You know those fun little addicting Java games on the web? Is there any way to snatch them out of whatever buffer they reside in, and save them to your hard drive for future offline play?
posted by mecran01
on Sep 14, 2004 -
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About five years ago, I found a game online, and I can't remember what it's called or where I found it. It was more of a logic puzzle than a game really -- a little like Mastermind and a little like Battleship. And it also involved primitive natural language processing. [more inside.]
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posted by grumblebee
on Jul 6, 2004 -
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I've been fascinated for a while with stiff like tradesports.com and the ill-fated DARPA terrorism futures market, and got to thinking about building a fake, toy futures market. There are systems out there that simulate markets, but they're either simple portfolio charters or they have randomly wobbling shares. I'm much more interested in valuations created by groups of users gaming on the outcome of real events.
Ideally, as I'm very lazy, someone will have written one of these already, but I've googled away and had no joy. It could be me not knowing the lingo used to describe these things.
Failing this can anybody recommend a framework to work within? I'm thinking of something (probably the usual php/mysql) with e-mail/users/password recovery etc. built in for me to start from. Maybe the toy market would be best developed as a plug in to something?
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posted by Flat Feet Pete
on Mar 28, 2004 -
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