Games and Gamers

Posted by Marita | December 12th, 2011

Do you have a funny bone? does it crave to be tickled every now and again? Can you find enough ways to feed the urge? For most people they will either take refuge in front of the television with remote control in hand and switch over to a comedy show or sitcom. Well there is an alternative, you could instead find all of the fun that your funny bones are craving for right on your PC or laptop. You see there are hundreds of funny games available from a variety of places and best of all they are absolutely free. You could be saving on your cable bill and relieve a little stress too in the process.

As a Stress Reliever

When you play these games it does help players to unwind and de-stress after a hard day’s work. Everyone has stress within their jobs and let’s be honest we all need to maintain a level of seriousness whilst your at your job. So when you finally get to wear your silly hat, usually in the comfort of your own home its great to let free your mind and allow yourself the time to relax. Playing games online can be a really healthy recreational activity because it releases your stress and tension. Often when you buy a new laptop or personal computer, you will find that the manufacturer has pre-installed some games on them already. You might have already had a play on these maybe even getting a taste for them. But then what? where do you get more? well in a world like so many things these days the internet. The internet is awash with free to play games that are funny and entertaining. So many websites these days have free games ready for you to play.

What Else Can These Games Offer?

But these games are not just used as great stress relievers. No you can also benefit from relaxing that inner-child exposing yourself to challenging worlds and platforms too. Playing can create a sense of competition and challenge for children too as these games are designed to entertain all ages. This can provide a good learning experience for your children helping them to understand competition and the rewards it brings. Games that require a child to think creatively and critically are shown to improve learning function. In fact many schools engage their children in play-based learning for this very reason. As fun learning can often mean better quality learning.

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Posted by Marita | December 9th, 2011

Do you wonder what it takes or what you’re dealing with? The game was invented in Germany but became so popular that had to expand worldwide. Invented in 1996 it hasn’t ceased to change with the times.

If you play it long enough you will witness the dynamics of this on-line wonder. It is a game that involves piloting your own spaceship and collecting loot for one of three mining corporations in outer-space and conquering the universe – forget the world. There are 10 different kinds of space ships to choose from:

1. Phoenix

2. Yamato

3. Leonov

4. Defcom

5. Liberator

6. Piranha Speed

7. Nostromo

8. Bigboy

9. Vengeance

10. Goliath

The weapons and defence shields you can choose from are limitless. This is like choosing a car and then having the option of making it unique. Make your ship personalized just for you. Fight other on-line players and join up with others – make friends in the process that you might even one day meet. Give orders, take orders, it’s like reality on your computer. Learn to live in the ‘business world’. Fight your way to the top and learn what it takes to be a leader or a follower.

Don’t get it wrong either because Dark Orbit is not one of those space simulators where you go from one map to the other by choosing the destination. It is exploration in the finest sense of the world. Are you worried that your computer won’t support the game? Don’t worry about that either. There is no need for a download or the possible infection of your computer via a virus or a worm. Everything is provided to you on-line and the specs are minimal: a windows XP or Vista operating system; a Pentium 3 processor; 128MB of RAM; a keyboard and a mouse or a joy stick; an Flash Player 9.0 that you can download in a tenth of a second.

There are two main currencies available for you to play with. Either choose to operate with credit or Uridium Credit which is worth one tenth of a credit. Don’t worry about buying ships in full Credits either. They are worth Uridium only so you won’t be draining your own pockets or your parent’s pockets to play. Because that is what the game is all about. It’s about you, your teammates and your spaceship adorned with weapons like laser guns and rocket guns. Whatever you do, however, never run out of ammo and get stuck being attacked by enemy ships. It’s all in the game.

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Posted by Marita | December 5th, 2011

If you’re a fairly new player to the classic board game, Scrabble, then unless you’re a whiz with words you may find that you’re left a little embarrassed, particularly if you’re playing with people who’ve played the game many times before. The remainder of this article will provide you with a few tips and tricks you can use to help improve your very first few games of Scrabble.

Top Tip 1 – Using Two Letter Words

This is one of the easiest ways to increase the number of points you can earn in your Scrabble game. Just because you’re playing a word game doesn’t mean that you have to come up with the most complex words. There are many two letter words in the English language such as “to”, “of”, “it”, as well as many others, providing you place these words in the right place on the board they can often lead to a good number of points. These shorter words are particularly useful when you are stuck for a new word.

Top Tip 2 – Utilizing The “Q” Words

The letter Q is a high scoring letter in Scrabble, used in the right place this letter can bring you in a lot of points. It’s a letter which often instills dread into people when they see it in their own letter set and that’s why you should make sure you’re prepared by memorizing all the words beginning with the letter Q.

Top Tip 3 – Being Familiar With “Bingo” Words

Making yourself familiar with some of the Scrabble “bingo” words is a great way of getting extra points. The bing words are 6 letter words in Scrabble which, if you add one more letter, can make a full 7 letter word. Again, this is another great tip if you’re stuck for words or if someone comes up with a high point word which you can better by adding one letter.

Top Tip 4 – Shuffle Away

It sounds like a strange tip but it’s true, if you mix around your letter tiles a few times it can stimulate your brain into coming up with new words which you would otherwise not be thinking of. So when you see your letters for the first time, if you can’t think of anything try mixing them up again for a few times to see if any words start to spring to mind.

Top Tip 5 – Read More & Write More

Reading and writing more will improve the English vocabulary in your mind, it will enhance your spelling ability and the ability to come up with new words.

Overall, our top tips for improving your Scrabble game include using two letter words if you’re stuck for ideas, coming up with words that start with the word Q, learn the bingo words, shuffle your letters and read more.

If you don’t have a copy of your own Scrabble board or you want to get some practice in before your next game then play Scrabble online free, it’s a great way to improve your overall game.

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Posted by Marita | December 4th, 2011

With the recent surge in the popularity of online games, several new genres have popped up. One that continues to contain momentum is games for girls. It is fast evolving from being just a genre into a full-blown, parallel gaming world, as more and more girls get to experience the wonders of online cooking, dusting, cleaning and other household tasks. The advent of Flash brought with it a revolution, and this genre is just another offshoot of that. Today there are portals dedicated entirely to girls’ games, where girls can make accounts and get going.

Cooking games require them to prepare dishes choosing from a wide range of ingredients, toppings, sauces, etc. The steps that need to be followed and the order that they need to stick to, make such games a very good experience for young girls who are to go ahead and make it a routine to cook for the house. Many women have now begun preferring such games over real-life experiences for their young girls, because games eliminate the risks of burns and so on. Other games that girls enjoy playing include dressing up little miniature characters or dolls, choosing the right accessories for them, and using make-up to make them look more attractive.

Parents search for games that can be played online, and introduce their little girls to them, so they can stimulate their brains by practicing cooking, dressing and so on. Fun and excitement is guaranteed for your little kid when they begin playing, because there are no accidents to be afraid of, and no hard work to be done.

A responsibility rests on the parents’ shoulders though, if the benefits of online games have to be channeled on to their children. Here are a few advises for parents looking for good games for their little girl to enjoy:

- Visit blogs. There are many review websites which review all the latest games, whether online or console ones, so you can know what professionals have to think about each game before going on to play it. Some sites even have links to great games. Keep an eye out for blogs that provide you with links to games that are great for girls.

- Play each game yourself first. It will be best if you can make yourself acquainted with each game you choose for your girl to play, because you’ll be able to guide her better, in order for her to enjoy the game to the maximum. Once she gets older, however, this will probably be reversed, with you becoming the student and your little girl, the instructor.

- Check before setting up account. If a website asks for too much of personal data, you need to make sure it’s not a scam before you put in valuable information. Sensitive information should not be handed over to forums that are not trustworthy. Also, if you find a website to contain a lot of scam, go for another website. This one is probably unsafe.

- Choose games that are suitable for your little girl. There are games that may contain certain levels or steps unsuitable for little children. In case you’re worried about that, you must make a point of playing each game yourself before introducing your child to it. This will help reduce any doubts that you may have.

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