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I’m a game junkie and I love SIM games. There is a sense of power you get from controlling the fate of virtual people because it’s typically frowned upon to do it with real people. There is a measure of fun involved in playing god. There isn’t much in the game world that deals with construction. Sure – we have SimCity, but how realistic is that? We also have ThrillVille where we get to build roller coasters and amusement parks. Then again, it’s not all that realistic.
BridgeBuilder Game bridges the gap (forgive the pun) between the real and unreal by offering many levels of play where you have to build a bridge - under budget AND safe for travel. It looks simple, but since it’s incorporated with scientific principles, it makes it pretty difficult to pull off a build that won’t kill unwitting people.
The game doesn’t offer much by way of advanced graphics or heavy metal soundtracks. It offers a real approach to the very real science of building bridges. The graphics are gray with a lot of white segmenting lines. The bridge construction uses these same white lines. Once you are finished with your bridge, you click on “TEST”. The result would be your bridge rendered in 3D. It’s now time to see if your grand design holds up under the weight of a moving train. If it doesn’t, the train crashes thru your bridge.
However, the playability of the BridgeBuilder Game is quite complex and oddly fun. It can even teach you a thing or two about physics.
The game allows you to pretty much do anything you want. You can build economical bridges or expensive ones that look really cool and plausible. You can also build out-of-this-world bridges.
Your creativity is never stunted with this game. You can save your bridges and post them to the designers’ website in order to show off your work.
I don’t have too many complaints about the game as not all games are about sound and graphics but playability. Still, my biggest complaint is the background. It’s boring and gray. It could have been rendered with scenery to make the scenario look cooler. The other issue I have is there is no scrolling save for the mouse toward the screen edges so if you lose point it will take you time to get centered again.
Level 1 is easy enough (or so it seems). If it is your first time playing, then the layout can be a bit confusing. When I first began to fiddle around with it, I was building away from myself – this proved to be poor thinking on my part as you have to build across.
After the first try, I thought Level 1 would be easy – it wasn’t. Several tries later: SUCCESS! I’m looking forward to the more difficult levels.
If you like games that basically make your PC explode with its power, then this game may not be for you. But if you like problem and puzzle solving, then I highly recommend BridgeBuilder Game – it’s TETRIS with bridges.
With this boredom while on the move is out of question! Get that game going with game pad! This is something that certainly worth the price ($33)
Imagine being able to take on an entire battalion on your own. Wow,
The Sno-Baller turns out huge numbers of snowballs in seconds, so gloves stay drier and hands warmer, and you can fire away without running out — crucial in family and neighborhood snowball fights! Snow Block Maker forms perfect-sized chunks for snow forts and walls, and also works in sand at the beach. Injection-molded high-impact plastic.
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This case mod was inspired by the Rainbow Six Vegas game, disguised to be a casino tower. This PS3 comes with colorful, bright LEDs along with a tiny Eiffel Tower to signify Paris, a pyramid for Luxor, and little folk to complete the system.
Microsoft has officially announced that they’ve slashed the price of their HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360 by $50. This is a method to improve the sales unless DS and Wii destroy it
One thing to consider is that at $129, it will at least make a good upscaling DVD player. Don’t forget that you still get 5 free HD DVDs whenever you purchase select players (which includes this one).
The Jedi, the crystal and the force.. Become one with it..
The kit contains instructions and parts which make it possible to create a 1,000 or so different designs . You can change the color (red, blue or green) of your saber with the flick of a switch and they can’t do that in the films.
The Lightsaber kit is available from Play for £49.99 and Amazon.com for $99.99.
XtenDS,which allows anyone to design their own game (GUI)
The software includes support for sound effects, music, sprites, backgrounds, menu and option screens and even has more advanced functionality like a fully working collision system and an advanced scripting language. Make sure you have an emulator on your computer.
The Robotic Football League Robot is one interesting robot that plays American Football, featuring special gripping arms that come in handy to throw the ball with a fair bit of momentum. In addition, other actions include block, tackle, throw and even receive a small Velcro football. Unless you have a ton of money don’t bother to build a team
Each one costs - $139.95$
Wii accessories are getting as common as the games people play. Some are even kicking up the imagination quotient a notch to give players not only a physical experience – such as for sports video games – but also a fantasy experience. Witness the Wii Hero Pack by Camy International.
Though some will enjoy the inevitable Zelda gaming fantasies, why stop there? Imagine pulling the sword of Gryffindor from the sorting hat in the first Harry Potter video game, or wielding the sword and shield a digital Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Any video game that has a sword and shield and runs on Wii will enjoy the added dimension of hacking and slashing with hilt and blade, even if it’s much shorter and made of foam.
Pinnacle’s new pocket sized Video Transfer is a great gadget for the movie obsessed who want to encode videos on the fly but just don’t have the PC skills to get the job done. The Video Transfer doesn’t even need a PC to do it.
The Video Transfer has a USB 2.0 interface that allows users to simply direct the device from any video source directly to a mass storage device like an iPod or PSP or even USB flash drive. With the press of the single main button, the Video Transfer then encodes the source video into H.264 video at D1 quality, then saves it onto the storage device. It can work with DVD players, set top cable or satellite converters, and even VHS players sand camcorders (It’s ideal for those who wish to convert those old VHS and hi8 home movies). Gamers can directly record gaming sessions from any console.
“With Pinnacle Video Transfer, video capture and direct transfer has never been easier,” said Tanguy Leborgne, Pinnacle Systems Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. “Being able to transfer videos to an iPod, PSP or USB device without having to copy the files to your PC is an added bonus because it saves both valuable time and hard drive space. PC-less recording and the device’s small, compact size also make it a convenient solution for people who are on the go.”
Cost : 130$
