via wired article about Settlers of Catan

...roll the dice, move their pieces, build hotels, and collect rent. Board game enthusiasts disparagingly call this a "roll your dice, move your mice" format. http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/magazine/17-04/mf_settlers -------------------- I fuckin' HATE monopoly, always have and always will.  Risk, I kind of enjoyed, but goddamn if I haven't played sessions that were like... I swear...

Oh! Two interesting things. #1- "Mirror's Edge Will Make You Vomit"- A look into the first game that is not only graphically realistic but neurologically realistic. Click here #2- "Bloody 'Cooking Mama' PETA 2 Parody, 'Cooking Mama- Mama Kills Animals'"- " Just in time for Thanksgiving- It casts the ordinarily affable Mama as a knife-wielding murderess with a demonic glare in her eyes. " ...

Killer Gamer Asks, 'Where Have All the Bodies Gone?'

New trend in video games, is to leave the bodies of all that you've "killed". read more | digg story

MMO for casual gamers

Apparently NCsoft just put out a new game called Tabula Rasa , which is said "geared towards casual gamers". The fact that its not an FPS is kind of appealing to me, also its a PC game, so I know I already have the console =) unless its one of those "I need an Uper machine with 700 CPUs". I'll look more into it, if its the specs needed aren't that major, I might give this one a try. It sounds ...