Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
In With the Cat, Out With the Iron
The board game Monopoly gets a new game token - - and retires an old one.
The cat enters on little cat feet:
And out goes the Iron:
The cat enters on little cat feet:
And out goes the Iron:
Friday, December 07, 2012
Step Aside, Squall Leonheart
There's a new gunblade master in town.
Or an old one, actually:
A sword-pistol thought to have been brandished by Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar is set to fetch up to £15,000 when it goes up for auction tomorrow.
The weapon was discovered in a collection of his possessions owned by his closest friend Alexander Davison.
The silver mounted D.B. flintlock tap-action weapon with attached 69.4cm blade was made by H.W. Mortimer in 1805.
Ben Gamble, head auctioneer at Cuttlestones, said: 'This is a truly exceptional piece of British history with a very interesting back story. It is a very fine, rare item in its own right.
'Pistols of this period and quality and by makers of this caliber do not often come up for sale and its links to Nelson are only set to broaden its appeal.
Here's what we're talking about, a combination sword/pistol:
But all of you video game geeks will remember a similar weapon from a famous 1990's-era console game:
And as for Lord Nelson just "brandishing" his gunblade at Trafalgar - - give him a break, he only had one arm and one eye. No one seriously expected him to lead a boarding party.
Or an old one, actually:
A sword-pistol thought to have been brandished by Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar is set to fetch up to £15,000 when it goes up for auction tomorrow.
The weapon was discovered in a collection of his possessions owned by his closest friend Alexander Davison.
The silver mounted D.B. flintlock tap-action weapon with attached 69.4cm blade was made by H.W. Mortimer in 1805.
Ben Gamble, head auctioneer at Cuttlestones, said: 'This is a truly exceptional piece of British history with a very interesting back story. It is a very fine, rare item in its own right.
'Pistols of this period and quality and by makers of this caliber do not often come up for sale and its links to Nelson are only set to broaden its appeal.
Here's what we're talking about, a combination sword/pistol:
But all of you video game geeks will remember a similar weapon from a famous 1990's-era console game:
And as for Lord Nelson just "brandishing" his gunblade at Trafalgar - - give him a break, he only had one arm and one eye. No one seriously expected him to lead a boarding party.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
WWII Monopoly?
Story here.
GULFPORT -- Kevin Boone wanted to take his ninth-grade students from Salmen High in Slidell to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans last spring, but he realized they didn't know much about the war.
Boone, who lives in Gulfport, decided the students would get more out of the field trip if they knew what happened in World War II and the history behind it.
"I hated to bring the students there without them having any background," Boone said. "It was spring, and they were tired of testing, so we did a fun learning game, and they researched most of the events of the war."
He decided a board game, such as Monopoly with a WWII theme, would be the best way to get the students interested and help them remember the facts.
Boone searched the Internet for such a game but couldn't find one, so he and his students created their own. He had five classes, and each created a version. The classes played each other's games rather than taking a written test.
The field trip was a success, Boone said, and he felt his students got more out of the experience than if they hadn't studied WWII.
Now, six months later, Boone and his students will go to the museum for the unveiling of Monopoly: America's WWII: We're All in This Together.
Game available here.
Just in time for Christmas. Play a game with your WWII veteran friends or relatives, maybe learn something you didn't know.
GULFPORT -- Kevin Boone wanted to take his ninth-grade students from Salmen High in Slidell to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans last spring, but he realized they didn't know much about the war.
Boone, who lives in Gulfport, decided the students would get more out of the field trip if they knew what happened in World War II and the history behind it.
"I hated to bring the students there without them having any background," Boone said. "It was spring, and they were tired of testing, so we did a fun learning game, and they researched most of the events of the war."
He decided a board game, such as Monopoly with a WWII theme, would be the best way to get the students interested and help them remember the facts.
Boone searched the Internet for such a game but couldn't find one, so he and his students created their own. He had five classes, and each created a version. The classes played each other's games rather than taking a written test.
The field trip was a success, Boone said, and he felt his students got more out of the experience than if they hadn't studied WWII.
Now, six months later, Boone and his students will go to the museum for the unveiling of Monopoly: America's WWII: We're All in This Together.
Game available here.
Just in time for Christmas. Play a game with your WWII veteran friends or relatives, maybe learn something you didn't know.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Go To Jail, Go Directly To Jail...
...Do Not Pass GO, Do Not Collect $200.
SANTA FE, N.M. A Santa Fe woman has been arrested on suspicion of repeatedly stabbing her boyfriend over a game of Monopoly.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports police arrested 60-year-old Laura Chavez Wednesday after finding a 48-year-old man with stab wounds and bleeding heavily from his head and right wrist.
According to a probable cause statement from Santa Fe police, Chavez and the victim began fighting because Chavez thought he was cheating.
SANTA FE, N.M. A Santa Fe woman has been arrested on suspicion of repeatedly stabbing her boyfriend over a game of Monopoly.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports police arrested 60-year-old Laura Chavez Wednesday after finding a 48-year-old man with stab wounds and bleeding heavily from his head and right wrist.
According to a probable cause statement from Santa Fe police, Chavez and the victim began fighting because Chavez thought he was cheating.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Game Show Idea
Call it Redneck vs. College Professor, and make it a simple knowledge test, similar to Jeopardy. Categories would include the usual ones, but also such subjects as breeds of hogs, tractor parts, growing season, fertilizer types, fishing lures, rifle calibers, etc. So not only would the redneck have to answer questions about opera and broadway, but the college professor would have to know the difference between a shoat and a sow.
I think that you could have a lot of fun with such a concept.
I think that you could have a lot of fun with such a concept.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
The Rise of Snob Bowling
And you, with your own ball, shoes and beer belly: you aren't the type we're looking for.
Bowlmor is owned by Strike Holdings, and at its downtown headquarters, Thomas Shannon, the chief executive, spoke about the old bowling, and the new bowling that might save New York. “It used to be that if you wanted to go bowling, you had to suffer some form of deprivation,” he said. “Bad food — you know, the hot dog on a roller. Stale tap beer. No service.”
Bowlmor and the upscale alleys typically shun leagues. They don’t want guys who show up with bowling outfits and excessive stomachs and their own equipment and want to pay $1.95 a game.
“They want the cheapest, most miserable experience,” Mr. Shannon said. “I would describe it as a Stalinist experience.”
At Bowlmor, games are generally $11 to $13.
Mr. Shannon showed plans for the forthcoming Times Square alley. Adorning the entrance will be Bowlmor Bob, a giant bowler in a red dinner jacket. The front desk will have a concierge. When you get bowling shoes, you can have your street shoes shined for another few dollars.
(I just mentioned this article to my sister, and she said, "Do they have valets to shine your balls?")
*snort*
Bowlmor is owned by Strike Holdings, and at its downtown headquarters, Thomas Shannon, the chief executive, spoke about the old bowling, and the new bowling that might save New York. “It used to be that if you wanted to go bowling, you had to suffer some form of deprivation,” he said. “Bad food — you know, the hot dog on a roller. Stale tap beer. No service.”
Bowlmor and the upscale alleys typically shun leagues. They don’t want guys who show up with bowling outfits and excessive stomachs and their own equipment and want to pay $1.95 a game.
“They want the cheapest, most miserable experience,” Mr. Shannon said. “I would describe it as a Stalinist experience.”
At Bowlmor, games are generally $11 to $13.
Mr. Shannon showed plans for the forthcoming Times Square alley. Adorning the entrance will be Bowlmor Bob, a giant bowler in a red dinner jacket. The front desk will have a concierge. When you get bowling shoes, you can have your street shoes shined for another few dollars.
(I just mentioned this article to my sister, and she said, "Do they have valets to shine your balls?")
*snort*
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