I blame Matt. If he hadn’t taken his Nintendo Wii to Stinson Beach last year I might never have known the delight of waving a remote control at random angles through the air. I jest of course. The Wii has had so much press that even I couldn’t not have […]
Games
Addictive Online Games
These games should come with a health warning. Really. They should. I was happily going about my business, when up they pop and literally assault me with their great playability and gameplay. My wife heard the scream from downstairs but thought it was the baby. Before she looked into the […]
Games , Web
Desktop Tower Defense should be banned
Desktop Tower Defense could be the most addictive game I’ve played in a while, which is why you should not play it. Never, really, don’t go there. Or if you do, play it now and get it out of your system before you go back to work on Monday. It’s […]
Games , Web , When-in-Ireland
Is this living?
I spotted this on a large advertising hoarding on the Western Road in Cork this afternoon and snapped it to remind myself to look it up. It’s right by UCC and in the perfect spot to attract the attention of webs savvy students. URLs on hoardings are like honey to […]
C64 , Games , Movies
Youtube feeds my C64 Nostalgia
It’s all Mark’s fault. He mentioned Codemasters, then Dizzy, then he posted this movie of Magicland Dizzy completed in super-fast time. I had to search for more. The following post contains several Youtube videos so click more if you want to see Gyroscope, Ghosts and Goblins, Barbarian and other Commodore […]
Games , Linux
TuxKart 3D racer!
apt-cache search racing returns a number of interesting looking games, one of which is TuxKart by Steve and Oliver Baker. A quick “apt-get install” and I was up and racing! The game itself is simple, and if you’ve played any of the other kart games around it’ll be familiar. I […]
Games
Frank Miller's SIN CITY – Flash Game
Frank Miller’s Sin City provides the inspiration for this game. It’s simple but addictive! (via)
Games , Humour , When-in-Ireland
The Eddie Hobbs Game
The Peoples Republic Of Cork present a game featuring Eddie Hobbs battling Bertie Ahern, Mary Harney and Jackie Healy Ray!
Games
The Ninja Game
This game is making the rounds on delicious right now. In this Flash game you play a ninja who must dodge various nasties and collect the gold. It didn’t run too well on my machine, probably because I had too many FF tabs open but the demos are fun to […]