For a game with no fees and no prizes, there are a lot of passionate players.  The controversy has been swirling on blogs but the powers that be who have yet to be named have decided to stop the game tomorrow and restart it at some point after that – watch the offiical blog for [...]

This is why I have random news item widgets on my home page. If I didn’t I wouldn’t have seen the reference on Mashable, which led to the website which led to the blog. They all say pretty much the same thing, starting Wednesday the 9th you can get $3 million Monopoly dollars and start [...]

Now you can see how you might look as another race, gender, or generation at Face of the Future.  Take a look at the results from Geeks are Sexy because mine were too weird to share – unfortunately the program doesn’t adjust for color other than applying skin tone and well, I didn’t see Asian [...]

For whatever reason, I’ve been hearing about Second Life a lot lately. Whether you’re already an addict or never heard of it, Man vs Second Life offers an entertaining introduction.  The Wikipedia entry will fill you in on the bizarre cross-overs from real to virtual – anyone know if you can claim “real” asylum from [...]

On April 15th a new champion will emerge from Union Station in Washington, DC.  That is the 2009 Monopoly National Champion along with winnings of $20,580 and entry to the World Championships in Las Vegas in October.  Who doesn’t dream of this?  (although the last time I checked, players had to pay their own way [...]

Maybe I’m just getting old, but they don’t make computer games like they used to. I would gladly give up the meditative scenery of the Myst generation to go back to the snarky villains of Spacequest. And it looks like I’m not alone. After perusing the Wikipedia entry for this classic masterpiece, starring Roger Wilco, [...]