Tag: LUNAR LANDER

Ever wished you could play the time wasters we feature here at Download Squad at work without being caught slacking? Well, we'd never actually recommend playing games at work, especially if you want to stay gainfully employed. But the folks at Can't You See I'm Busy seem to think that there's a market for looking busy instead of being busy. Maybe they're trying to capitalize on knowledge workers ...

Well, we're a little late given that the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing has passed, but this version of Lunar Lander is just too cool to pass up. Grant wrote about the classic versions of Lunar Lander last month, and though this one is certainly inspired by the same event, the implementation is just a tad different. To play this 3D version of Lunar Lander you will need the ...

It won't win any beauty contests, and it has a pretty weak storyline unless you have a magnificent imagination, but Lunar Lander may well be one of the oldest time-wasters in existence. High-school student Jim Storer, obsessed with the Apollo missions -- and obviously inspired by what he'd witnessed along with the rest of the world, 40 years ago today -- took his inspiration to class in the fall ...

If, like me, you're totally obsessed with all of the coverage of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing and walk on the moon, you're going to like Jason Kottke's latest project. If you're not aware of the coverage I'm talking about, first of all check out We Choose The Moon, which is a project put together by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum to follow the Apollo 11 ...