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Single Player Blue Moon for the PC/Mac

Want to try out the Blue Moon card game hands on?  I’ve checked-out the rules before, but it’s one thing to analyze the rules and quite another to actually experience them at work.  I never really got around to actually playing the Blue Moon card game because it’s a bit difficult to get the game [...]

Nomad Log 2008.05/14, Video Games, Tech, Science News

 Video Game News

In response to criticism, EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM
“I think America has always been better at creating unique products,” says Miyamoto
Bioshock the Movie! – This might work, but will the gotcha ending (if they put it in) feel as authentic as when you actually played the game?
Police Arrest Chinese Gold Farmers
Manage a [...]

Nomad Log 2008.05/13, Features/Doodads around the ‘net

 Doodads

First Person RC Plane – If we put in some mechanism to disable other RC aircraft, thsi can be a nice (and expensive) hobby flight combat sim.
Help me Obi-wan!  It’s a real R2D2 DVD projector!
Breville ikon Combines Tea and Toast (“teast”?)
Create Perfect Ice Spheres For Perfect Cocktails
From the Runway to the Road: Terrafugia Redefines the [...]

Nomad Geek/Tech Log 2008.05/12

 Special Note:

Happy Mother’s Day!  Here’s a video game recommendation for every type of mom!
Tubataha Reefs is now #8!  Help push it into the New 7 Wonders of the World!

Geek News:

Speed Racer bombs in the box office (still beaten by Iron – Man).  I’ve been leery of the concept from the beginning, and although I would’ve wanted [...]

Nomad Log 2008.05/09: Gaming Edition

Gaming News:

Collateral Damage, An Anime Themed Board Game – Check out the manga-style game-play overview.
Play a puzzle, compete for high scores, and help cure cancer at the same time!
You need your marbles to play the Warball CCG, quite literally.
Bucephalus Games will launch with 32 games!
5 years of EVE Online

Opinion:

Courts Should Reject Blizzard’s Assault on the [...]

Play a puzzle game, compete for high scores, and help cure cancer at the same time!

At first glance, I thought Foldit was just a new version of Folding@home.  I did a double-take when I realized the article said it was a “game”.

“Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of humans’ puzzle-solving intuituions and having people play competitively to fold the best proteins.”

The game is basically a data [...]

Orson Scott Card Criticizes J.K. Rowling for Suing Harry Potter Lexicon

Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game) criticizes J.K. Rowling for suing a small publisher who made “The Harry Potter Lexicon”.  If you’re not familiar with the various legal disputes over Harry Potter, I suggest you read up on them.

It would’ve been really nice if the fan site link Card provided in his article worked, but since [...]

The Adventures of Lu Yang in ZT Online

I read this very long story/article about Lu Yang and her gaming experience with Giant Interactive‘s ZT Online.  I’d rather quote article’s overview for a summary since it pretty much nails the whole piece.

“The main Southern Weekly article on ZT Online follows a gamer as she first becomes interested in the game, through her rise to [...]

Magic: The Gathering Online III

In case you missed it, I mentioned last April 16 that MtGO v3 (Magic: The Gathering Online III) has left beta and gone live! Well… sort of. Worth Wollpert mentioned that they intentionally didn’t announce the launch date so as to prevent a huge influx of players that might bog down the system. Looking at [...]

Nomad Log 2008.05/06

Gaming News:

2008 Origins Awards Nominees Announced – To those who don’t know, these are awards for tabletop games and RPGs.
A Touch of Evil is a new boardgame from Flying Frog (makers of Last Night on Earth)
XBOX 360 Finally Getting Blu-ray
Level Up! shuts down Khan – Honestly, with all the MOGs available in the local [...]