Tag: JOYSTIQ

Regardless of what operating system you run on your computer, it doesn't have to be all work and no play. Heck, that could turn you into some kind of axe-wielding homicidal maniac bent on destroying your own family while watching over a remote resort hotel in the dead of winter. I'd certainly never want that to happen to any of our DownloadSquad readers, so here's a list of games that you can ...

This is a recent in-world IM interview I had with Akela Talamasca who blogs for Weblogs, Inc's own Second Life Insider (SLI). Since Second Life is a free software download, an online world that is user-created, and is very much web-based social software and 3D tool, I thought an interview would be very interesting to those who haven't heard of SecondLife or experienced it. Please enjoy, and let me ...

nVidia, the graphics tycoon, has developed a graphics chip (nVidia GeForce Go 7700) made with the first 80nm manufacturing process, the thinnest to date of any graphics card process used. Nvidia's older chips with very similar specs were made via a 90nm process (nVidia GeForce Go 7600). There isn't a huge increase in performance in the chips yet (that I can tell), but the less energy consumed by ...

Special Forces: Overmatch 2.7.0 may interest members of the military or fans of war games. The Army is trying to impress gamers, possibly win support for their cause, or perhaps even recruit from their game's fanbase. You never can tell, but it looks like they have done a great job. The Army's game looks pretty tempting, but be aware that the download is 2.5 GB, so you'll have to hold off the ...

There are tons of online MMORPG's, right? How many are free? Now how many of those are really worth the investment in time? Yeah, that's what I thought. While it might not be as engrossing or open as Battle for Westnoth, Gunz: the Duel is a thrilling ride. Gunz is a Korean-based MMORPG with elements of The Matrix and Oni wrapped in an online RPG with some teeth. While Gunz is free to a point, ...

As if this world wasn't wacky enough for you, along comes the web game show "Know Like an Earthling." Apparently once tied to a show on Australian TV, the Life on Mars site is still up so you can still play the games— all 30 of them. They're Wario Ware type mini games, like slap the mosquito (similar to a game I used to play in System 7 on my Mac), and Talk Show Chair Smash. Each ...

This won a Webby a few years ago, and I'm surprised it hasn't come up before, but Soda Constuctor is a favorite of mine. Designed as a teaching tool, Soda Constructor is a Java toy for designing little robots, made of strings and connections. These automotons can be animated, on their own, and try to walk around an environment you control (things like gravity are adjustable). Lots of fun tinkering ...

Here's a follow-up on our post about DOSBox. If you're looking for some free games to play on your new old-school emulated DOS system, check out Liberated Games. Liberated Games has a great list of games that are free to download from various computing eras. You will find the likes of the original top-down Grand Theft Auto, BMX Simulator, or even Quake III: Arena, and all for free. Some games are ...

Whether or not you celebrate Easter, it's fun to shoot bunnies, right? Well Bunny Hunt lets you do just that. Don't tell my daughter though, she's determined to get a pet bunny. As a result, I can't play this with her around, but I could say that for about half of the games I play... Just a simple shoot-the-bunny-when-it-pops-up. You know, like whack-a-mole. Now where's the Pooh-themed version ...

You can say this one is for the ladies, but I find boys like to play as well. SissyFight 2000 has been around for a while now, but still enjoys a moderate amount of success. You play a little girl on the playground, and your goal is to tease, scratch, grab, and in general humiliate and attack other little girls for fame, glory, and I guess some sort of sick sense of satisfaction (how's that for ...

Our pal Conrad over at Joystiq has put together a great list of PC and Mac apps that every gamer should have. The list is exhaustive, ranging from VoIP apps for gamers like Teamspeak and Ventrilo, must-haves for retro gamers like DOSBox, MAME, and ScummVM, graphics-tuning apps like FRAPS and RivaTuner, and much more. Even if you're just a casual gamer, don't give this list a miss. ...