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Poker and bad sportsmanship, not bad beats
by Cool Hand » Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:14 am
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So a little while ago I was playing a 6-handed tournament of No limit Hold 'em poker on PokerStars. Nothing unusual about that.
It's play money, as...
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You're a nice guy, you make me laugh. But our policy is: we can't give your money back.
You can never use the words nest or egg in the same...
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A campiagn of Ice and Fire
by Nyarlathotep » Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:04 am
Okay, I have been wanting to get an online RPG going for some time, I also picked up a PDF of the A Song of Ice and Fire RPG and have been wanting to...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:04 am
I've been waiting for this
by whitefork » Thu May 09, 2013 1:08 pm
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maybe I to get more of a life but checkers is what we play on Planet X.
It appears to be available on Amazon. I'll check it out this evening if I...
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that's good.
one of the advantages to a roundsquare board is its uselessness for chess or 8x8 go.
Google knows not of the roundsquare board and...
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Last post by whitefork Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:54 pm
House distance puzzle
by ceptimus » Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:56 pm
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Alice and Bob live in different houses on the same straight street. By coincidence they both decide to make a surprise visit to the other and they...
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Reminds me of the puzzles of Lewis Carroll.
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Last post by Witness Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:55 am
Skyrim anyone?
by ed » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:57 pm
Level 42 now. Very cool game.
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Last post by Bruce Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:50 am
Piquet
by whitefork » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:53 pm
It's a very old card game. I read about it years ago in Moonraker - M and Bond are playing it before the bridge game against Hugo Drax.
M. beckoned...
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Last post by whitefork Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:53 pm
Cool new game ping Nyarl
by ed » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:00 pm
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:D
Made just for me down here!!
Changelog
v1.0.1.0 (DLC 1)
Milk, eggs and wool kiosks added
New milk trailer
Added milk tanks on all farms...
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How about an SC multiplayer something?
SC is already an MPORG.
Each thread is a quest . Often just a quest for information or teh LULz, but there...
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Last post by DrMatt Thu May 09, 2013 10:33 am
Neverwinter MMO
by Grammatron » Mon May 06, 2013 5:11 pm
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It's currently an open beta, thus free.
It has low to average graphics, but an extremely fun combat system. And the user-created content (people...
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Ok tried the new one.
Uck bleh. It's fitting that it was originally an AOL thing... it's the Me Too! of MMORPGs... nary an AD&D rule in sight,...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Thu May 09, 2013 4:39 am
Questions re: Bio-Shock (Infinite)
by Cool Hand » Wed May 01, 2013 11:00 pm
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Gamers:
I've never seen or played any version of Bio-Shock except the trailer I just watched for Bio-Shock Infinite, which I understand is the...
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Thanks, Grammy. Awesome. That's exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping to hear.
CH
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Last post by Cool Hand Mon May 06, 2013 5:59 pm
Vatican Quest!
by grayman » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:27 am
Vatican Quest
In Vatican Quest you take the role of Pope Benedict XVI who has to help the cardinals on the Saint Peter's Square, watch out for...
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Last post by grayman Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:27 am
Civilization V (and now IV)
by RCC » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:31 pm
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I like it so far, even though it is clearly a rushed and unfinished release. There seems to be a few imbalances like the maritime city states...
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I finally bought the Civ 5 expansion pack when I saw it on steam for about twelve bucks including all DLCs to date. It improves the game a bit,...
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Last post by RCC Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:29 am
Of Orcs and Men
by Cloverlief » Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:03 pm
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Anyone who knows me, knows that I have an odd fascination with Orcs. Why? I don't know. They just appeal to me. I think part of it may be that they...
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That does sound fun. I like to play Orcs when we do roleplaying. I loved my Orc, Fiona. She was great. Poor Miev died a young, but valient death...
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Last post by Cloverlief Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:15 pm
Amnesia
by ed » Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:15 pm
Got this and played it ... eh ... I wrote the thig below for Amazon.
Anybody now od similar games, like grown up Nancy Drew? I actually sort of like...
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Last post by ed Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:15 pm
Ping Ny!!!!!
by gnome » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:58 am
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Hey, remember when I was begging you to run a TORG campaign?
Check this out...
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Awesome! :)
A party of three can be fun. I've done that a lot with another GM.
I do the 8-5 weekday thing as far as work. I'm in another game that...
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Last post by gnome Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:10 pm
PC RPGs?
by Kristopher » Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:59 am
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I'm looking into playing RPGs, mostly because I like them, and I was wondering what some recommendations are from you all. I'm leaning specifically...
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I kinda enjoyed Legend of Grimrock. It's really pretty old school D&D style RPG that reminds me of some of the early first person dungeon crawlers I...
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Last post by specious_reasons Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:26 pm
Forced to agree with a mass murderer
by Ronin » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:33 am
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It really bothers but I agree with the quoted mass murderer's text.
Anders Breivik, the right-wing extremist who has confessed to killing 77...
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I thought WoW turned folks into dead, mindless zombies, not killers.
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Last post by Mentat Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:53 pm
Idea for a superhero game
by gnome » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:52 pm
The result of watching Despicable Me and Megamind basically back to back.
Imagine a multiplayer hero/villain game NOT based on stats and dice rolls...
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Last post by gnome Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:52 pm
I hate poker
by RCC » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:52 pm
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Happened a few weeks ago and I'm still traumatized.
I'm playing 1/2 Omaha pot limit. I've run my $200 up to $1200 but am the small stack and about...
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If the game created something of value, it'd be likable just for that, even when you lost money on it. But all it does is pit chance against...
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Elevator Chase
by Cool Hand » Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:53 pm
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OK, two qualifiers before I lay this out.
One: I just awoke from a nap and a dream in which this came to me, so it is not fully flushed out. I want...
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Go down to the second floor and jump out a window.
Your best bet isn't to guess what he's doing, but to act and make him respond to you. When you're...
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Last post by clarsct Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:28 am
Game resolution
by ed » Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:44 pm
MRzHx_XXh18
Interesting comparison. Is it accurate I wonder? It does not seem that you gain a lot from lowest to highest resolution in this...
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Last post by ed Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:44 pm
Requesting Zombie RPG Help
by Llacheu » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:41 pm
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I am writing a campaign for a pen and paper RPG. It's a zombie apocalypse setting, but I am having a problem. I can not justify the usual plague...
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Anytime.
Most of the time, no one has a fucking clue what is happening in my games...at least until the Big Unravel. I make them think for it.
A...
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Last post by clarsct Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:23 am
I finally started playing D&D
by Kristopher » Tue May 24, 2011 7:22 pm
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Well... sort of. It's 3.5, and it's done via a forum as opposed to other setups, but I get to mess with stuff, and it's pretty fun. Makes me glad...
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It's pretty good. Rules-heavy, but what RPG isn't?
Pathfinder is something that was created after fourth ed came out, and is supposed to balance...
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Last post by clarsct Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:16 am
Paradise vs Pokserstars
by V.2 » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:11 pm
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Until recently, the only place I've ever played poker -- online or otherwise -- is Paradise. I have won modest $ at Paradise however it's frustrating...
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There once was a thing called a V2
Which to pilot you did not need to
You just pushed a button
and it would leave nuttin'
but stiffs and big holes...
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Last post by whitefork Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:26 pm
Too Cheap To Lose
by RCC » Mon May 11, 2009 5:10 pm
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I can't really call these trip reports now that I live a ten minute drive from a casino. Yet I'm going to start with stories about my epic low...
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I've been playing a bit of omaha. Limit holdem is kind of dead and I dislike no-limit holdem. There is a 1-2 blind pot limit omaha here that usually...
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Last post by RCC Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:48 pm
Portal
by specious_reasons » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:06 pm
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I was loooking to play somethign on the PC last night - and so I bought Portal via Steam.
Wow, that's a damn good game. IMagine an action game...
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Supposedly, the PS3 and PC versions are compatible, although I haven't tried it.
Really?
I got pissed off at my PS3 and packed it away in the...
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Last post by ed Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:02 am
Plants vs Zombies
by Bruce » Mon May 09, 2011 1:28 am
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Bought the full version from Popcap games.
Fucking crack.
Discovered an easter egg all by myself. If you use the scroll button on your mouse in the...
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Is there a secret to I, Zombie besides luck?
Skill.
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Last post by Bruce Tue May 31, 2011 10:21 am
Make two bets
by Rob Lister » Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:17 pm
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I stole this from an article in MIT's Technology Review. It deals with Paradoxical Decision-Making Explained By Quantum Theory wherein they posit...
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Bet I has odds of 1/3, and Bet IV has odds of 2/3, but the odds for Bets II and III are a little more non-obvious.
We could suppose that our lack of...
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Last post by gnome Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:17 pm
Regifting Robin
by Rob Lister » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:24 pm
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Try as I might, I just wasn't devious enough to figure out how she knew...yet she did, every time. I even tried not moving my mouse pointer anywhere...
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I'm guessing most people just read the box with their number in it, instead of reading them all and noticing a pattern.
I cheated in the sense that...
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Last post by DrMatt Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:04 pm
Blood Bowl
by Nyarlathotep » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:28 pm
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It's been my new passion for a couple of weeks now. Its simulates a game sort of like (American) football except it the teams are standard fantasy...
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The standards... short and hairy with scottish accents
Odd, that. I always thought Tolkien had the Welsh in mind when inventing his dwarves. I...
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Last post by asthmatic camel Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:38 am
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Last post by Llacheu Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:57 pm
RCC v. Mentat
by RCC » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:25 pm
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Alright. Scary first move that shows my knowledge of contemporary exotic openings:
1. e5
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Deep Thought didn't take this long.
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Point-and-Click
by Mulebear » Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:54 pm
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I'm looking for suggestions for point-and-click games. I thoroughly enjoyed playing Machinarium , Drawn: The Painted Tower , and Drawn: Dark Flight ,...
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{cue Twilight Zone Theme}
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Recommendations for a novice gamer.
by asthmatic camel » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:22 pm
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I have too much time on my hands, and thought a PC game might be a good way to waste some of it. I know that a few of you are enthusiastic gamers, so...
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Half-Life (for first-person shooty)-- or HL2 if your system can take it.
Best PC game ever made. Half-Life ruled my life for a few weeks when it...
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Last post by Cool Hand Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:24 pm
Goalkeeper
by Pyrrho » Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:03 am
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Ok, this was my dad's challenge to me the other day, so now you're stuck with it.
How many words can you make using the letters in the word...
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A word is a word.
He's got 150 and claims that he quit.
It's tough to compete against an 83-year-old man whose wits are still sharp.
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:08 am
Machinarium
by Mulebear » Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:53 am
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I highly recommend this one. I loved his Samorost series and this one is turning out to be even more amazing.
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Thanks, but I ain't cheating! I might end up bald but I ain't cheating!
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Last post by asthmatic camel Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:12 am
Chess...
by RCC » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:06 pm
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Anyone here play this stupid game? I had a friend who wound up giving up poker (GA frowns on it) and took up chess and I played a bit to occupy him...
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If anyone wants to play the turn based thing, give me a challenge on chess.com...
As to forum chess... I'll start a new thread with RCC v. ??? as an...
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Last post by RCC Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:21 pm
Sci Am's Martin Gardner Puzzler Dies at Age 95
by Cool Hand » Sun May 23, 2010 3:20 pm
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Not a puzzle or game, but those familiar with Scientific American's long-standing puzzle page are undoubtedly familiar with the name Martin Gardner...
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Two of my prized possessions are signed copies of his Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science and The Annotated Alice .
His Flight of Peter Fromme...
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Last post by Doctor X Wed May 26, 2010 10:42 am
wordsandwich
by Mulebear » Mon May 17, 2010 4:22 am
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A little game that will occasionally piss you off. Yet, it is still fun.
The more you play, the better you get.
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How are you guys even playing it? Won't load for me.
you are clearly not worthy.
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Interesting hand history thread
by RCC » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:44 pm
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The next volley in my quest for more poker content. A thread to post interesting hand histories.
Here is one titled: How Omaha is supposed to work...
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Omaha pot limit, 1/2 blinds.
Dealt :4c :4d :5c :6d
I'm on the button and limp in. Five see the flop, pot is $10
Flop: :4h :4s :8d
Good flop for...
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Last post by RCC Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:27 pm
Flexagons
by Zombie Abdul » Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:45 am
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Dragon Age: Origins
by Cloverlief » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:03 pm
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Okay, I have become completely obssessed with this game! It is a good game. I love that different things can lead to different dialogs and outcomes....
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We finished Risen by the Pyrhana Bytes folks. It was short but pretty good. I didn't finish because the final battle (tm) remined me of a stupid...
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Last post by Cloverlief Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:25 pm
Atlantic Puzzler picked up by the Wall Street Journal
by whitefork » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:50 pm
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and meeting with a bit of a mixed reception.
The right giveth when the left taketh away.
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Funnier perhaps that the conventional puzzle, Making a Few Bucks , can't be solved online, as least not as far as I can see.
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Last post by whitefork Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:43 pm
Physics Games
by Mulebear » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:39 pm
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Very interesting website.
99 Bricks is really cool. It looks like tetris, but as the bricks get higher you'll realize that it's not tetris....
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Anybody played Meeblings?
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