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Catan Online

By Thistle, on February 25th, 2010

The Settlers of Catan boardgame is an excellent example of a tabletop game that allows players to use a deceptively straightforward rule set to enjoy a great variety of gameplay. Players may start the game with relatively few resources but those who think ahead, and adapt to changing circumstances, soon create plenty of [...]

Free Image Editors

By Thistle, on February 23rd, 2010

Any kind of games design, blogging or web design relies on working quickly and easily with a range of graphics software. Professional software like Photoshop and Illustrator are expensive and often contain features which go beyond those needed for most jobs. We use a variety of free software which is either very easy [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

By Thistle, on February 21st, 2010

WOW @Aviary is now FREE? http://bit.ly/aviaryfree #

Online graphics suite Aviary can now be accessed for free from here:

Top 10 Ways To Save Money on Games: Update 1

By Thistle, on February 18th, 2010

Amazon UK has posted some excellent ‘Half-Term Deals’. The offers include a few of the best videogames we’ve looked at in recent months. If you live in the UK, or nearby, Sims 3, Darksiders and Dragon Age: Origins are among the most heavily discounted titles.

We also noticed the first signs of [...]

Wolfquest

By Thistle, on February 15th, 2010

‘Serious Games’ that set out to deliver some form of training or learning have been around for years. Unfortunately, almost all of these games put the ‘learning’ before the fun, which usually involves bolting weak videogame elements on to content-heavy training materials.

There are examples of such games that are so unbelievably [...]

Valentine's Day

By Thistle, on February 13th, 2010

Not the most common topic for a games blog but our Free Realms playtester felt we should post. As with Halloween and Christmas, Free Realms has put on a show for Valentine’s Day. Hearts, roses, cards and gifts are all over the place.

Running calendar events seems to be appreciated [...]

Hardware Heaven

By Thistle, on February 13th, 2010

The year ahead promises a rash of new technologies, with touch tablets, new graphics cards from AMD and nVidia, and more fast PC processors on the way. Console upgrades and motion controllers from both Sony and Microsoft can also be expected sooner rather than later.

Intel Core i7 Processor i7-920 2.66GHz

Top 10 Ways To Save Money On Games

By Thistle, on February 10th, 2010

Got to have that new game on the first day of release? Totally ‘blown away’ by the cover art? Can’t wait to start shooting any zombie Nazis that might have escaped last time?

If so, not to worry, there are millions of fellow sufferers. The games industry’s ‘marketing men’ have disengaged your [...]

Videogames: 2010 Page Posted

By Thistle, on February 7th, 2010

Just added a feature length post on this year’s videogame releases here. We don’t doubt that you’ve read a few of these in the last couple of months. However, our suggestions are more to do with finding novelty and good gameplay than simply reporting on the titles with the highest budgets.

The [...]

Graphic Novels To Die For: Part 4

By Thistle, on February 3rd, 2010

Between us we get through several graphic novels a month. Some of them probably merit a post but don’t make the cut. That’s mainly because sticking to ‘the best of the best’ helps to showcase the entertainment (and skills) delivered by good graphic novels. Another reason is to avoid disappointing fans of graphic [...]

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