Tag: STRATEGY

Little Stars for Little Wars doesn't actually have much to do with Star Wars, except for the name. It's a fun Time-Waster, but it was a tad tricky for me to figure out. Here's how it works: You control a "planet". Your planet makes "ships" at a certain rate. If you click your planet and then another planet, your ships are sent over to that new planet. If they outnumber that planet's ships, they ...

You're sitting comfortably in your plush chair at the multiplex, when suddenly you feel a twinge in the back of your neck. A quick glance down at your 136-ounce cola and you instantly realize that nature is calling, and it's urgent. You don't have time to wait this time, but next time you can plan ahead for your restroom breaks with RunPee.com. The site lists spots in the movie when it's safe ...

Space Game is a fun, addictive RTS where your goal is to extract minerals from asteroids while fending off attacks from nasty space pirates. There's quite a bit of depth to this one compared some Time Wasters we've shared so I recommend reading up on keyboard shortcuts and enemy ship weaknesses. Set up your network of mining and power equipment and build up defenses - you'll need them once the ...

Small business owners and hopefuls have a full schedule ahead of them next week, as the Microsoft Small Business Summit kicks off Monday with online and in-person sessions at Microsoft's Redmond, WA campus. Among the speaking lineup that includes Kevin Turner (Microsoft's own COO) is the venerable Guy Kawasaki, a venture capitalist, author on and evangelist of all things technology and small ...

By now you've probably heard about Zune, the new Microsoft iPod killer reportedly out later this year. Possibly you saw this on Engadget, or this on Microsoft-Watch, maybe somewhere else. But what does it all mean? First, Microsoft is way behind the eight ball. Apple has such a lead in this market that, at this point, it really isn't funny anymore. This may be a classic "tortoise and the hare" ...

I can't decide whether I love Dicewars or hate it, but either way I can't stop playing it. It's a simple-but-diabolical turn-based Flash strategy game. The game board looks reminiscent of some tabletop strategy games. You and your enemies are represented by colored dice occupying a territory. If you have more than one die occupying a territory, you may attack an adjacent territory. The winner of a ...