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Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

As Fun Goes Up Productivity Goes Down (InstantAction)

Online games can be one of the best wastes of time that one can take part in. Now in beta is a site that specializes in wasting time...playing games, which are web based, called InstantAction. Now this is nothing now, there are hundreds of flash game sites out there that you can jump on and spend hours tooling around on, but InstantAction is different from the rest of these sites because it doesn't just have 3D games but it also does multiplayer and adds community elements in to the fold to. The site is free is part of a new trend in video games that cost little to nothing, which is great for people who don't want to spend a lot on games (which should be just about everyone who plays video games). Accounts are easy to set up and the controls for the games are easy to use, right now there are only five games to play but they will be adding more as time goes on. If you go and set up an account my gamer ID is pjdamws.

Friday, March 07, 2008

Battlefield Heroes


Battlefield Heroes is a new game coming out from the people who developed the Battlefield series. This looks like a very fun game, unlike the other Battlefield games this won't take up a lot of system resources so they can reach a larger audience, which is an idea that I love because it means for the first time I can run a Battlefield game on my computer. The graphics look great, game play seems solid (of course I have only seen the preview), and the rest of the mechanics seem to be on par. But the best part about this game is that it is going to be free at launch, the reason that they are going to be able to do this is because they are working under EA's new "play 4 free" business model. So instead of charging you for the game you will see and ad when you boot up the game, and then you will have to buy some upgrades if you want them (nothing that will effect game play). All of that combined and I am really looking forward to this game, even if it sucks its not like you paid anything for it.