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The screen shots look like something taken from the movie and this would definitely add to the fun while playing the game.

I’m definitely willing to pay almost 5 dollars for this game, if just to help poor Scrat gather as many acorns as he can. I know he’s been unjustly treated in the movies.

I really am glad that all of you see the potential of such a serious game and the place it should occupy in a History, Political Science, International Relations or as is the case at Carnegie Mellon in Middle Eastern Studies.

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I like to play the games on my pc my console and on my cell phone..

this article was related to games & also related to technology and i had also hobby to search gadget and latest gadgets and many more so this article was really great in my opinion.

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When I took a Java class, a few years back, the teacher had us create the beginnings of a text based adventure to reinforce the idea of objects. I though it was a great lesson and if I were teaching Java, it was something I was planning on adapting.

What intrigues me about Genesis is the Multi-User aspect of it. I am mostly a solo gamer but the idea of a Text-based MUD was new to me. It just seems so much more complex to develop than a typical text-based adventure. And from your post, it sounds like it is growing still.

I do not know if I will ever find time to try it, but thanks for the post about Genesis.

I am intrigued by the hidden object game. The wealth and variety of them makes me think the companies putting them out might have a formula for doing so. Perhaps they have a game engine and the just drop in different graphics to create the new game.

In my experience playing hidden object games, the ones that hold my attention the most, have better stories and mix in other mini-games, which it sounds like Huntsville does from you description. Some of them even becoming hybrid games, combining puzzle and Hidden Object games. Princess Isabella, is a good example of this

I think the card game solitaire is addicting because it is like a game you would use for fortune telling. Make a wish, and if you succeed, your wish will come through. At least that’s how we used to play the card solitaire game.

I found the Cyclomaniacs game interesting and actually quite the challenge at first. Of course I started out trying to do as many wheelies and somersaults as possible which ended in me crashing and landing on my head about 5 seconds in. It didn’t help that I didn’t really read the instructions either so I was just pushing the arrow buttons and hoping for the best. Once I got a hang of it I found it kind of addicting. I might even have my three little cousins play it when they come to visit next week. Tell your son that he got three grad school students to try it out and they all liked it. Job well done to the young man.

Secondy, Im not sure I understand this game. Is it just kind of a fun, nonsense game, or is it actually more like a cooking simulation? Do you learn new recipes? If you don’t prepare properly, does your restaurant suffer? Is there a competitive element to this game? And most importantly, can you include bacon in all your dishes?

And now that I’m older, by far the #1 motivating factor that keeps me playing year after year is that it gives me and my friends a great excuse meet up in Vegas each August for our fantasy draft.

With all of those Facebook updates on friends wanting me to start a farm next to them in Farmville or help them with a “job” in Mafia Wars, I don’t know how I have kept away for so long. I think beside the competition, unpredictability, and challenge, another reason a lot of people play these Facebook games are some of the same reasons they are on Facebook. It is free and it gives them a new way to interact with their friends.

With a game like this that has an educational aspect, I wonder if there are teachers out there encouraging their students to play it and others like it on Facebook. It would seem to have a learning element in vocabulary and spelling and as mentioned before, it’s free. This may be the first Facebook game I try. Now if I can only pull one of my friends away from their mob hit in Mafia Wars.

Some CPR certifications last up to two years. A couple of repetitions on a CPR dummy is definitely not enough to develop the muscle memory to make you “confident” that you can perform CPR correctly 22 months later. I would argue that some learners would not be confident 22 days later. My CPR certification is technically still good and I couldn’t tell you the proper depth of compression for infant CPR. I’m lucky that I can remember 2 breaths to 30 compressions (assuming it hasn’t changed yet again).

I’d be interested in seeing the actual simulation. How would I find it in Second Life?

As adults I think my boyfriend and I are simply motivated by the competition of it all. Winning has motivated me to throw away perfectly healthy fish in order to make new room for the possibility of . discovering a magic fish (not very nurturing). I have found my drive to win is a strong motivator. If my boyfriend didn’t play I wouldn’t be as interested. But my young niece likes the idea of caring for the fish. =)

There’s a similar game to the Bubble Spinner that I enjoy playing on my husband’s cell and it is annoyingly addicting and just as mindless. We are both motivated to play because we want bragging right for the highest score. Competition is a powerful motivator!

While the game is great to numb the mind there is no real ability to quickly pause so it can not be used as a background game as easily as other addictive numbing games might be.

I check my e-mail. I check Twitter. I check Facebook. I check my other e-mail. Sometimes I answer a question or respond to a comment while I am otherwise fully engaged in the meeting. Without these “distractions,” I am likely to become a distraction to others during the meeting.

Why is this? I think it is because my mind is hyperactive, always coming up with new stuff no matter what I am doing. Sometimes this means I can’t get to sleep at night, or if I do, I have very strange dreams while I do sleep. It means that if you make me sit through a meeting with nothing else in front of me, I will say things that break up the decorum. I may get myself in trouble.

Really, I’m safer for myself and everyone else if I have something to engage all the other parts of my brain that would be vying for my attention.

I agree that when your brain is completely full from life and work that you can use a break. Casual Games such as Wurdle, solitaire, etc. are great distractions and provide a brief escape. They are also great for increasing the brain power in a fast and simple way.

I have spent a significant amount of my career working with membership groups and affinity marketing so this was of particular interest. I am looking forward to reading more about Club Penguin and sites like this especially as the paid content for the Internet model begins to take shape.

I could not agree with you more about this game being a great introduction to flying, especially for young kids. It is actually simulation games like this one that sparks the interest of aspiring fighter pilots and rescue pilots across the nation. I will give you an example, as an Admission’s Counselor at the Coast Guard Academy I could not believe the number of times I had parents share with me how young applicants became interested in flying because of simulator games. The games led to the students wanting to take flight lesson, which led them to getting their private pilot’s license, which led them to applying to the Coast Guard Academy with the hope of going to Navel Fight School to fly Search and Rescues missions for the Coast Guard. Amazing stories of relevance and confidence built by a game.

Gale

Let me first admit that I also am not one who enjoys e-games, and I think you are right it is the controller. I am waiting around for an e-game that is similar to a robots that can read my mind and convert my thoughts to actions on the screen. However,the reason that I am commenting on your post is because I have a lot of friends who own Guitar Hero and Rock Band 2, they absolutely love it, and they do really get into the music and experience a since of “achievement” that adds to there esteem. It has never been the right time for me to give it a try, but I look forward to the experience. Specifically because my friends call me the human Ipod, even though I cannot sing well I know almost every song on the radio including country, rock, alternative, R&B, and rap. I am imagine that I will for me the game would totally achieve the 5th tier of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, especially if I can sing along.

Gale

As an undergrad I remember playing electronic basketball games with my roommate. He would play the same game for hours, but I had a really short attention span, and even though I love sports, I honestly did not find it interesting at all. My favorite part was trying to get a player to perform a slam dunk on an opponent’s head. With that said, I am really amazed by the changes that you mentioned in your post. Personally I think I would be overwhelmed by having control of everyone on offense, but I know that this is something that serious gamers like my old roommate would enjoy. This game really takes strategic thinking and multi-tasking to the next level! Thanks for sharing a great post.

Gale