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Popup Adverts In Games For Kids – Is This Right?

My child was playing around on a kids drawing program, we downloaded from the App Store, for our new Apple iPhone and an Advertisement popped up at the top of the screen whilst they were drawing – and sure enough they pressed it. My child didn’t know that is was an advertisement nor did [...]

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RuneScape: Bonus XP Weekend Coming

RuneScape has announced a bonus XP building weekend commencing 12th March 2010, applicable to all members of RuneScape. As they say “You will be able to earn over double your standard XP rate for any “normal training” when you start playing. This is a fantastic opportunity to make progress on skills you’ve not started yet [...]

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Game Pick: School Age: Sea Battle

Game Pick: School Age: Sea Battle

Classic battleships game on 10×10 cells field.
You and the other player (computer) bomb one cell of opponent’s plot in turn. Opponent responds by telling you you’ve “missed”, “hit” or “sunk” his ship. If you’ve not missed, your opponent skips his turn and you may bomb again. The winner is the first to sink all enemy’s [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: 3D Monster Maze for ZX-81

Retro Game Lookback: 3D Monster Maze for ZX-81

The name alone, J. K. Greye Software, takes me right back to my days of the ZX-81, and what finer example of the dawn of first person 3D games is 3D Monster Maze, developed by Malcolm Evans (who went on to develop the now legendary Trashman and launch New Generation Software), the game was released [...]

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Game Pick: Backyard Buzzing

Game Pick: Backyard Buzzing

Your mission in this real time strategy (RTS) flash game is to build your base and train own bugs army and take over the entire backyard.Use LEFT MOUSE BUTTON to control the players. Hold LEFT MOUSE BUTTON and drag to select more players. Move pointer to enemy and click to attack. You can use “W”, [...]

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Retro Game Lookback: Wriggler for ZX Spectrum

Retro Game Lookback: Wriggler for ZX Spectrum

Wriggler, by Devonshire House, and presented by Romantic Robot was released for the 48 KB ZX Spectrum in 1985 and it was one of the early games to include the music to accompany the game on the B side of the cassette tape – the track was called “The Moons Of Jupiter”, written and performed [...]