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| We reviewed Defend Your Castle early on in our careers in time wasting, and this game would seem to bring us full circle by giving us the chance to play it from the other side. Granted, they’re not stick people, but they can still kick some butt. |
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| Some games defy any sort of categorization. Some challenge the very idea that they are games. However, as you will find today, they are most definitely time wasters. In Graffiti, the walls are your canvas. Write or draw whatever you want, but realize that it... |
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| Now we’re talking old school. I can remember running home from school, grabbing some coins (25 cents per game!) and running over to the local arcade to pretend I was crushing asteroids. The game is about pure survival. How long can you last in the depths of... |
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| Tetris was one of the most popular games ever devised. It was so addictive that people actually reported having dreams about the falling shapes and scrambling to place them in just the right place. I’m not sure is that says more about the complexity or... |
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| Originally developed in 1978, this old school game is so old school, it almost predates the video games we commonly associate with the old school. Simon is a devilish machine that taunts your poor memory by making you repeat endless strings of notes and... |
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| Come on, admit it, who among us hasn't resorted to a game of Snake on our cell phones while we waited in line or rode the bus? As perhaps the ultimate 'bored' game, and definitely from the oldest of schools, Snake has much to offer the next generation of video... |
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| Before we get too carried away with setting up theme weeks, we thought it only appropriate that we take a look back at where it all began – games that have stood the test of time and entertained generations of video game enthusiasts – the old school. For... |
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| In the last installment of ‘Bored’ games, we have come to the last resort of desperate families looking for something to do - checkers. Not only is checkers a decidedly easy game to pick up, it can also be frustrating as hell if you make the slightest... |
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| As 'Bored Week' continues, we now dive headlong into dice games. Ludo is kinda like Sorry!, without the cool bubble thing to help you roll, but the make up for it with castles. I like to think of it like a mini Lord of the rings, sending out your hobbits to... |
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| Long considered the disadvantaged 3rd cousin of the immortal Tic Tac Toe, Connect 4 has held on with the resilience of a hyena that hasn’t eaten for days. Its greatest shortcoming was all the set-up and tidy-up that’s associated with the game. Well, no... |
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