Coming to America: UK Gaming BitTorrent Lawsuits Arrive on US Shores

Thanks to Anonymous, social upheaval and incompetent web hosting, P2P litigation in the United Kingdom is on the defensive. The most notorious of litigators, ACS:Law and Davenport Lyons, operated for years in the UK, attempting to withdraw hundreds and even thousands of pounds from alleged file-sharers.

Dees strive to emulate Collingwood

Demons coach Dean Bailey speaks to his players last week against Collingwood. Picture: Michael Dodge Source: Herald Sun MELBOURNE hopes to channel some of the qualities that Collingwood used to beat it on Queen’s Birthday when it takes on Fremantle at the MCG. The Demons were thrashed by 88 points by the Magpies last week, but Jack Trengove believes the lessons learned will stand them in good stead.

Board Game Review: City Square Off

All of my life I’ve been secretly wishing for a Tetris: The Board Game. While my dreams haven’t exactly come true, City Square Off is quite possibly even better. The idea behind the game has two cities working to expand while not going over their borders.

Edits as a storytelling device – Toggling edits on and off in ebooks could reveal deeper layers and intent.

This is part of an on-going series related to Peter Meyers’ project “Breaking the Page, Saving the Reader: A Buyer & Builder’s Guide to Digital Books.” We’ll be featuring additional material in the weeks ahead. (Note: This post originally appeared on A New Kind of Book. It’s republished with permission.) By now you have probably seen that crossed-out text style that bloggers use to indicate revisions: Never, ever Only if you have tried everything else is it okay to give ...

Brainteaser Game Review: Icosoku

My daughter is a large Sudoku fan. If you are not familiar with Sudoku, basically it’s a math game that has you figuring out what numbers go in what boxes to have unique digits in every row, column, and bigger square. Think of it sort of like a crossword for numbers. To me, this sounds like the most cruel sort of punishment that exists on the earth.

Game review: Morality-based ‘Brink’ lacks sustained action

Last Updated: May 23. 2011 1:00AM Chris Campbell/ Scripps Howard News Service When a utopian city named Ark becomes less than best as a place to call home, gamers get the option of defending the city or helping overrun it. It’s an intriguing choice to be made within the world of “Brink,” but unlike other morality-based games, whichever path is chosen has tiny impact on how the game plays out.

Game review: Morality-based Brink’ lacks sustained action

Last Updated: May 23. 2011 1:00AM Chris Campbell/ Scripps Howard News Service When a utopian city named Ark becomes less than best as a place to call home, gamers get the option of defending the city or helping overrun it. It’s an intriguing choice to be made within the world of “Brink,” but unlike other morality-based games, whichever path is chosen has tiny impact on how the game plays out.

iPhone Game Review: Canabalt

The moment you hit “Play” on Canabalt your character runs forward, intrepidly smashes through a window, and descends onto a rooftop. The explosion propels the glass; its little shards tinkling as they tumble outward along the top of the building. You roll with the momentum of the fall and rise up into a continued run towards the edge of the building.

A GeekDad’s Daughter Reinvents Chess, Part 2: How to Play Plastic Animal Chess (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

In response to the groundswell of interest, admiration and inquiries about Mark Changizi’s daughter’s reinvention of chess, here are the full set of rules of Plastic Animal Chess: The game proceeds like a normal game of chess.The board is nine squares wide rather than eight.Rather than white and black pieces players select plastic toys to represent each characterA note should be made about which piece each plastic toy represents.Rather than remove the pieces that are taken, they remain on the ...

Game Review: Mortal Kombat

There is something oddly charming about this series reboot of Mortal Kombat. The way it shamelessly revels in its own gore is reminiscent of a small child having a good old chuckle after scribbling with markers all over the living room walls. MK has always been that kind of series, celebrating its own silliness as much as its willingness to push the boundaries of taste.