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Lighthouse Lunacy 1.03 (Windows)

A never before seen mix of surprising and brain teasing puzzles with Mario-style platform jumping. The comic strip story of Fred, the reluctant video game mascot, and his boss the game designer is artfully interwoven with the actual game play and level design. Solve the cleverly devised puzzles to unravel...

Tags: Game Designer, Microsoft Windows, Athletic Design, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-06-22

Lighthouse Luncy 1.01 (Windows)

A never before seen mix of surprising and brain teasing puzzles with Mario-style platform jumping. The comic strip story of Fred, the reluctant video game mascot, and his boss the game designer is artfully interwoven with the actual game play and level design. Solve the cleverly devised puzzles to unravel...

Tags: Game Designer, Microsoft Windows, Athletic Design, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-04-20

Game designers try to help save the world

Game designers try to help save the worldReality disconnectSilly utopian thinking without a clue as to how the real world works.For example, the mideast sim is actually very simple.Israel: Your job is to keep our country from being annihilated in the face of a people who hate you more than...

Tags: Games, game, Game Designer, Deus Ex

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Game designers aim for Nobel Peace Prize

Game designers aim for Nobel Peace PrizeGames and peace and lifeYes! '"Not so much design innovation," he said, "but social innovation—how to reach people" with game designs that are outside the usual commercial fare.' Exactly.All these smart, creative designers can actually accomplish CHANGE.Peace = $$$n/tPeace Nobel Prize to IdSoftware.......

Tags: Games, game, Zimmerman, Game Designer, Nobel Peace Prize, Quake

Discussion threads 2006-03-24

What do women game designers want?

What do women game designers want?Re: What do women game designers want?Scatter-cushions, a bigger and wider choice of scatter cushions in games ducks.Literary allusion?[quote]There are the constant sports metaphors she has heard used in the course of developing and shipping products, for instance. "Does everything need to be expressed in...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Games, women game designer, game, women, game designer

Discussion threads 2004-10-14

Game lets players stump for Bush, Kerry

Game lets players stump for Bush, KerryGee....... Appologist anyone?Quote: "A player who's not a political junkie quickly learns why real-world candidates seemingly flip-flop on the issues"And just what candidate has been shown to repeatedly flip-flop?Quote: "We wanted to do this before the 2000 election, but our models said Al Gore...

Tags: Games, game, Bush Admin, Game Designer

Discussion threads 2004-06-03

Additional Resources

Emergence Basic 1.737 (Windows)

Emergence BASIC is a full featured compiler and development environment for Windows. Creates small, fast, native executables and DLL's. The environment is modular with new commands available separately using add-on command libraries. An advanced 2D game and graphics command set, and database command set is included. The robust IDE sports...

Tags: Environment, Ionic Wind Software, Emergence BASIC, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-28

OpenOfficeMouse - Put an end to button envy!

it looks like a...parody advertisement on The Onion, it even looks cheesy...can't imagine it being very comfortable and easy to use, how does one remember which button to press?Looks like...A Mouse designed by commitee.A Mouse with ADD.A mouse for a centipede.A mouse named "Sybil"A mouse decorated by color blind kindergardners.Come...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

iFixit: Disassembling the new MacBook unibody

Taking a lookI've one of last year's black MacBooks and have been extremely happy with it. The realignment of the laptop line, bringing back the 13" MacBook Pro and consigning the consumer MacBook to the under $1K polycarbonate model has seemed to be a good arrangement. If you're buying a...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, Apple MacBook, Firewire port, new MacBook, MACBOOKS, FireWire, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

SharePoint 2010 Vegas First Impressions

Kirk J Koenigsbauer • Microsoft Trying to write a blogpost about the SharePoint 2010 announcements today here in Las Vegas is like trying to summarize Microsoft in a few paragraphs. SharePoint, the fastest growing product in the company's history, is also arguably the...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Super Mario Bonus Editor 1.0 (Windows)

This Super Mario World Slots game is just for fun--no real money is involved. Play with the Mario Designer while the full game is loading if you wish you can make bonuses and Mario costumes. Customize your Super Mario Bros on Softendo.

Tags: Super Mario, Softendo Free Mario Games, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-01

iPhoto vs. Picasa: Which is the better editing program?

iPhoto vs. Picasa: Which is the better editing program?I have a mixed marriage...I use iPhoto to acquire/import and organize my photos but, I use Picasa for everything else.iPhoto for most everythingIts so easy to import and manage all my images. It has a lot of the editing tools I need...

Tags: Apple iPhoto, Google Picasa, photograph, Adobe PhotoShop

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Toybox Ten: 10 full-featured laptops for less than $750

Toybox Ten: 10 full-featured laptops for less than $750It's a laptop.If you need a terabyte get a server with Raid 1 or better.Ok here you go.A 1TB Hard Drive laptop, decent specs, 18 inch screen.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220538Sometimes it is hard find what you want, now if you need something cheaper then I...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, full-featured laptop, Toybox

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Robo-furniture eats household pests

Robotic furniture that eat vermin, like mice and flies, are a part of a design project at the Royal College of Art, London. Designer James Auger is exploring a new breed of domestic robots that he says can sit comfortably at an intersection of products and...

Tags: Robo-furniture, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-27

Ariston Backgammon 4.65 (Windows)

A neural net-based backgammon program with attractive graphics, animated pieces, most easy to use interface and many features like: match play, doubling cube, undo last move, let computer recommend moves, rollout a position, set up any board situation, store positions in archive, save/load a position in a *.POS file, replay...

Tags: Board, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2009-06-21

How much do desktops matter?

How much do desktops matter?The desktop/laptop will be around longer than that.Laptops continue to grow more prevalent than desktops, but a workstation computer will be a very long standing fixture in the lives of those in the developed world. No one is going to write term papers on a...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, mobile world, desktop, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

Vizio reveals 31 new HDTVs for 2009 lineup, from $249 to $2,199

Vizio, newly-anointed king of U.S. HDTV sales, has unveiled its 2009 TV product lineup, with 31 new models in three product groups: the performance-minded XVT series, the style-minded VT series and the budget/value E series. Which one should you choose? I've provided the...

Tags: HDMI, HDTV, 1080p, Vizio, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Toolbar Icon Set 2009.1 (Windows)

Toolbar Icon Set is a collection of royalty-free ready-made icons for use in commercial and personal products, including software applications, websites, blogs, and presentations. The icons have been carefully created pixel by pixel by professional artists. They shine with a bright palette of colors, smooth and well-rounded edges. Quality icons...

Tags: Toolbar, Icon, Aha-soft, Toolbar Icon Set, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-08

Firm Improves Collaboration, Delivers Products Faster With Software Development System

International Game Technology IGT is a global designer and manufacturer of computerized gaming machines and systems for casinos. The company's software developers work from three office sites, which made project collaboration a challenge. The company also lacked a unified system for source-code control, which meant that IGT had challenges delivering...

Tags: International Game Technology, Games, Software Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-05-01

LEGO Rock Band: Build your band, literally

If you've been a fan of games like LEGO Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones, but always wanted your little LEGO men to be playing guitars, instead of holding Lifesabers, then you're in luck. According to Kotaku.com, LEGO Rock Band is being developed by TT Games...

Tags: LEGO Co., Games, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-04-21