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BBP - 29-9-2007 at 13:47

http://www.feedthehead.net

You may take a while discovering all the features of THe Head. Try to make it breathe fire!

[Edited on 29-9-07 by BBP]

BBP - 2-10-2007 at 15:53

http://home.scarlet.be/~bbonte/fieldsoflogic.html
Fields of Logic by Bart Bonte. Playing with television!

Minor point: no auto-destroy.

BBP - 4-10-2007 at 15:46

http://www.armorgames.com/games/sonicthehedgehog.html
About the only reason why anybody would want a Sega in the nineties...

DED - 26-11-2007 at 17:48

I'm a member now of the Atari 8-bit club on Hyves.
Must get my 800xl from the attic someday

BBP - 7-3-2008 at 12:40

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
A LOT of optical illusions!

DED - 8-3-2008 at 21:58

makes me dizzy
I'm playing an old game nowadays it is called breakthru, simple but I am enjoying it

polydigm - 9-3-2008 at 02:00

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Originally posted by DEDI'm playing an old game nowadays it is called breakthru, simple but I am enjoying it

Snood is my favourite time wasting game.

BBP - 9-3-2008 at 12:06

Snood? What's that?
I've been playing the Never Ending LevelGame a lot at http://www.levelgame.net in which the prime target is getting to the next level. But I finished that now and am onto Lemmings, Lemmings Revolution to be precise. Lemmings are cool!

scallopino - 9-3-2008 at 12:24

Finally a game a can relate to! When I was a child I was fascinated and disturbed seeing hundreds of these dudes commit mass suicide. I might even have had nightmares about it. Like...why don't the others learn from the first guy who goes over the cliff and dies?

BBP - 9-3-2008 at 14:03

Nightmares on Lemmings... gosh. I did have nightmares about Prince of Persia, and lots of them too. And something highly childish called FoulPlay for 8 and up, where you have to solve a murder by walking in a house and clicking on everything. And on Phantasmagoria. And just a few days ago on The 7th Guest, even though that game never scared me.

It's horrible though, if you've got to nuke em and they all cower in fear... Or in Cascade, where you can save only 10.

polydigm - 9-3-2008 at 22:34

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Originally posted by BBP
Snood? What's that?

A block of diifferent coloured objects all massed together hangs from the top of the game screen. At the bottom is a gun which loads with one of these coloured objects at a time. When the object is fired at the block it destroys any group of two or more of the same colour. There is meter on the side which fills up one step at a time and the only way to stop a step is if some coloured objects fall off the block without being destroyed. When the meter is full, if your next shot doesn't drop any objects intact, the whole block moves down one step. You win the game by making all the objects drop before any remaining ones get crushed at the bottom.

I like the game because it is not relentless like Tetris. If you don't shoot, nothing happens and you can take as long as you like to think about your shots.

Go to Word Of Mouth Games

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Originally posted by BBP
I've been playing the Never Ending LevelGame a lot at http://www.levelgame.net in which the prime target is getting to the next level. But I finished that now and am onto Lemmings, Lemmings Revolution to be precise. Lemmings are cool!

I haven't played Lemmings for ages. I'm waiting for Psygnosis to produce a version for Mac OS X.

BBP - 10-3-2008 at 08:28

Lemmings is a DOS game... you should be able to get an old-time version and play it in DosBox.

That Snood sounds like a non-timebased version of ZOOP... It's indeed nice if you can think about moves... but in the days when I played Bookworm a lot (type of Boggle) that usually lead me to long thinking and little playing. Sometimes a game just needs to end.
(recalls the 45-min games of SuperCollapse...)

scallopino - 11-3-2008 at 07:17

Ever played 'Human Tetris' Polydigm?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0

BBP - 11-3-2008 at 22:10

Ever played 1D Tetris? http://www.tetris1d.org/

Something else that's silly:
Mathematical Pie

[Edited on 11-3-08 by BBP]

BBP - 20-3-2008 at 18:06

http://intelligence-test.net/part1/

Fill In The Blank: eg 24 H in a D = 24 Hours In A Day. Pretty tough!

polydigm - 20-3-2008 at 23:23

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Originally posted by scallopino
Ever played 'Human Tetris' Polydigm?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0

That was just insane. But, I had a few laughs.

polydigm - 20-3-2008 at 23:28

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Originally posted by BBP
Ever played 1D Tetris? http://www.tetris1d.org/

A zero challenge game where you don't have to do anything. Very funny.

BBP - 20-3-2008 at 23:40

It's about as much a game as your slider avatar... which is not meant to degrade either of them...

polydigm - 20-3-2008 at 23:52

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Originally posted by BBP: Something else that's silly:
Mathematical Pie

I'm not sure that song is entirely accurate in that I don't think the Ancient Greeks would have had the wherewithal to figure out that pi is not rational. You can keep on constructing rational numbers that get more and more accurate and there's no limit to how accurate they can get. For example 21991/7000 is accurate to 5 decimal places. Thus, they would have easily been able to find rational solutions more accurate than any method available to them for measurement and so they would have needed some other method to show it was not rational. The proofs are actually quite sophisticated.

scallopino - 21-3-2008 at 01:39

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Originally posted by polydigm
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Originally posted by BBP: Something else that's silly:
Mathematical Pie

I'm not sure that song is entirely accurate in that I don't think the Ancient Greeks would have had the wherewithal to figure out that pi is not rational. You can keep on constructing rational numbers that get more and more accurate and there's no limit to how accurate they can get. For example 21991/7000 is accurate to 5 decimal places. Thus, they would have easily been able to find rational solutions more accurate than any method available to them for measurement and so they would have needed some other method to show it was not rational. The proofs are actually quite sophisticated.


That's right...the metric space (Q,d) is not complete, and the sequence of rationals (3, 3.1, 3.14, 3.141, 3.1415...) is the usual example given to introduce completeness. The sequence is a Cauchy sequence but doesn't converge in (Q,d) because the limit is not rational.

polydigm - 21-3-2008 at 06:26

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Originally posted by scallopino
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Originally posted by polydigm
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Originally posted by BBP: Something else that's silly:
Mathematical Pie

I'm not sure that song is entirely accurate in that I don't think the Ancient Greeks would have had the wherewithal to figure out that pi is not rational. You can keep on constructing rational numbers that get more and more accurate and there's no limit to how accurate they can get. For example 21991/7000 is accurate to 5 decimal places. Thus, they would have easily been able to find rational solutions more accurate than any method available to them for measurement and so they would have needed some other method to show it was not rational. The proofs are actually quite sophisticated.


That's right...the metric space (Q,d) is not complete, and the sequence of rationals (3, 3.1, 3.14, 3.141, 3.1415...) is the usual example given to introduce completeness. The sequence is a Cauchy sequence but doesn't converge in (Q,d) because the limit is not rational.

Indeed, I actually understand this. The Ancient Greeks just didn't have mathematics that sophisticated. I dropped out of Pure Maths half way through Honours level. I just couldn't see myself as a full time mathematician. The level of dedication required would have excluded too many of my other interests for my liking.

polydigm - 21-3-2008 at 06:29

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Originally posted by BBP
It's about as much a game as your slider avatar... which is not meant to degrade either of them...

Even if my slider was a real one it wouldn't be much harder than 1D Tetris. Once you know a general solution to those slide puzzles they lose their appeal. Same as games like noughts an crosses.

BBP - 21-3-2008 at 11:05

And 4 in a row, that's been solved.

We have 4 In A Row 3d, for age 12 and up. It's deliciously difficult and you may have won before you've even noticed.

aquagoat - 23-3-2008 at 01:46

just a little message to tell you hello, i'll be back soon, normally next month. until then, kisses to you all. see you soon.:D

BBP - 23-3-2008 at 11:03

:-*:kiss: Great to see you again Aqua!

scallopino - 24-3-2008 at 02:40

See you in April. :-)

BBP - 24-3-2008 at 14:53

Hey! My birthday is rolling up soon! :-( Quarter century...

scallopino - 24-3-2008 at 15:24

That's a milestone. Do you feel 25? I mean do you feel older or younger than your actual age? It's funny how perceptions of age change as you get older. I'm 21 and I used to think 16 was pretty old and 21 was MEGA old. But I don't really feel like an adult yet, I don't think. I don't really feel more mature than when I was 18.

BBP - 24-3-2008 at 16:17

Younger of course... I just won the Letter Of The Week with the Donald Duck magazine... But I know how you feel. When I was 18 I was studying with people who were 26 and looked like they were in their thirties. And now I'm near that age myself, picking out grey hairs...

scallopino - 25-3-2008 at 04:43

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Originally posted by polydigm
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Originally posted by scallopino
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Originally posted by polydigm
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Originally posted by BBP: Something else that's silly:
Mathematical Pie

I'm not sure that song is entirely accurate in that I don't think the Ancient Greeks would have had the wherewithal to figure out that pi is not rational. You can keep on constructing rational numbers that get more and more accurate and there's no limit to how accurate they can get. For example 21991/7000 is accurate to 5 decimal places. Thus, they would have easily been able to find rational solutions more accurate than any method available to them for measurement and so they would have needed some other method to show it was not rational. The proofs are actually quite sophisticated.


That's right...the metric space (Q,d) is not complete, and the sequence of rationals (3, 3.1, 3.14, 3.141, 3.1415...) is the usual example given to introduce completeness. The sequence is a Cauchy sequence but doesn't converge in (Q,d) because the limit is not rational.

Indeed, I actually understand this. The Ancient Greeks just didn't have mathematics that sophisticated. I dropped out of Pure Maths half way through Honours level. I just couldn't see myself as a full time mathematician. The level of dedication required would have excluded too many of my other interests for my liking.


I know exactly how you feel. The vast majority of mathematicians are mathematicians because they are naturally talented at it, just like many musicians are at music. Personally, my fascination and enthusiasm far outweighs my talent and natural 'mathematical intuition', and this means that doing maths is very hard work. But it feels kinda good to say that i'm a maths major, and you certainly learn how to think better.

polydigm - 25-3-2008 at 06:12

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Originally posted by scallopino: I know exactly how you feel. The vast majority of mathematicians are mathematicians because they are naturally talented at it, just like many musicians are at music. Personally, my fascination and enthusiasm far outweighs my talent and natural 'mathematical intuition', and this means that doing maths is very hard work. But it feels kinda good to say that i'm a maths major, and you certainly learn how to think better.

Well, my problem is that I am a born Mathematician. Everything else I do I have to work at a lot harder, for example music, which I'd rather be doing. Seems I was born with the talent for Maths but not the passion, but I do have to get involved in it from time to time - it's a bit like scratching an itch.

BBP - 25-3-2008 at 08:16

Hmmm... I very much enjoy maths, but am not a born Mathematician... Ah! how unfair the world is! :)

BBP - 1-4-2008 at 17:11

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Originally posted by BBP
I've been playing the Never Ending LevelGame a lot at http://www.levelgame.net in which the prime target is getting to the next level. But I finished that now and am onto Lemmings, Lemmings Revolution to be precise. Lemmings are cool!

I haven't played Lemmings for ages. I'm waiting for Psygnosis to produce a version for Mac OS X.


Don't hold your breath...
Sorry to inforn you, but Psygnosis ceased to exist in 1999. In fact the game Lemmings Rev. had to be transferred to another publisher, and there was even doubt that it would be released.

Shame... it's a fun game, but too buggy. In the initial versions, one level could not be played. So there came a patch... which didn't work.
I have a 2004 re-release, which has a properly working patch for said level. But it causes the Lemmings to die from a lower drop, causing 2 levels to be unplayable.

polydigm - 1-4-2008 at 21:24

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Originally posted by BBP
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Originally posted by polydigm: I haven't played Lemmings for ages. I'm waiting for Psygnosis to produce a version for Mac OS X.
Don't hold your breath...
Sorry to inforn you, but Psygnosis ceased to exist in 1999. In fact the game Lemmings Rev. had to be transferred to another publisher, and there was even doubt that it would be released.

Shame... it's a fun game, but too buggy. In the initial versions, one level could not be played. So there came a patch... which didn't work.
I have a 2004 re-release, which has a properly working patch for said level. But it causes the Lemmings to die from a lower drop, causing 2 levels to be unplayable.

I can still play it as a classic application on my Mac but I have to set the monitor to 256 colours first. The game runs fine, and I have to say I never came up against any bugs back when I played it regularly, but everything else on the computer becomes almost unreadable.

BBP - 2-4-2008 at 08:19

That counts as bug... :) On that BreakThru! thingy Dad likes to play (I used to love it myself but it's too repetitive), our PC began to run sluggish and Internet would jam a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8TWYgjldNk
This is a level from Lemmings Revolution. It's a lot like Lemmings, except some Lem tricks don't work anymore.

BBP - 30-9-2008 at 20:19

This game is the cutest! Not very hard though... but anything with ducks makes me go quack!
http://www.bartbonte.com/duck

scallopino - 2-10-2008 at 05:51

It isn't very hard except for level 24, which I spent ages on. A lot of fun though. And the music makes it very nice to waste time on.

BBP - 2-10-2008 at 16:57

24! Yes that's cruel! Worst part is, it can be done in 6 moves, and if you accidentally mess up a little bit, you can spend ages on correcting it.
I very much like Bart Bonte's games like the Ducks. Earlier I mailed Fields of Logic, which was very hard. I also very much appreciated his Factory Balls: http://home.scarlet.be/~bbonte/factoryballs.html.

BBP - 14-10-2008 at 11:58

Even more timewasting:
http://armorgames.com/play/2407/karoshi-suicide-salaryman
The Karoshi Suicide Salaryman: try to get yourself killed in 49 puzzle levels.

aquagoat - 14-10-2008 at 19:06

they could make a Bank accountant version of this game now, I bet it would be a hit.

BBP - 15-10-2008 at 14:10

HA!
Karoshi is a hit anyway... although it's pretty easy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lFfNDFDUuA
Apart from the intro music being overdramatic, this YouTube video adventure game is very entertaining! Find the cat Sparta!

scallopino - 16-10-2008 at 09:36

That's very clever. I tried a bunch of different paths but got bored. I don't like how you can't really figure out where it is, that you just have to be lucky. Anyway, I still don't know where Sparta is.

BBP - 16-10-2008 at 16:41

Wel... it's the last one you try! But there's some real funny paths in there.
(Tip for the lazy; the Video Response section has a Play All option)

Spoiler: for Sparta, take the Bedroom Path, then go to the closet from there.

scallopino - 18-10-2008 at 03:10

Haha. I was hoping for a spoiler. I'll try it out.

scallopino - 18-10-2008 at 03:54

Found the cat! It looks a lot like one of our cats -- Suzy Creamcheese.

BBP - 19-10-2008 at 10:53

Aww...

If I didn't hate Klotski so much, I would have loved this little slider saga:
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/wooden-path/

punknaynowned - 20-10-2008 at 17:01

I think there is definitely a strong familial resemblance between A Pound For A Brown and Put A Motor In Yourself.
and I'll argue with anyone until internet death occurs with ANYONE who disagrees!!!!






























jk

BBP - 21-10-2008 at 08:13

What are you on Punky?

aquagoat - 21-10-2008 at 17:14

I wonder too.

BBP - 16-11-2008 at 16:00

Latest addiction:
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/fowlwords/

All those years of English boggle playing pays off!

Huck_Phlem - 18-11-2008 at 01:05

This is my wife's latest addiction!

scallopino - 19-11-2008 at 07:11

"With robust scrotum". What's the guitar have to do with it?

Huck_Phlem - 19-11-2008 at 12:18

Is the picture actual size? :-P

scallopino - 20-11-2008 at 11:14

:) And is that guy on the box now walking around without genitals?

Huck_Phlem - 21-11-2008 at 04:58

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:) And is that guy on the box now walking around without genitals?


:D
:P

scallopino - 25-11-2008 at 06:48

Lately i've been wasting much time on Minesweeper. My record on 'Beginner' is 4 seconds, but apparently you can complete with a single click. I recently spent MANY HOURS trying to defeat Expert level, and succeeded after a few days. I was exceedingly happy.

BBP - 25-11-2008 at 15:12

I think my record is...

(Who needs to think! I'll open it!)
Beginner: 4
Advanced: 32
Expert: 85

When I was younger I could literally spend hours playing it. Just popped in a CD, played while listening to my favourite tunes... Ah! Those were the days! Unfortunately since my RSI 5 years ago I cannot spend so much time on the PC anymore.

BBP - 25-11-2008 at 22:12

http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/angular-momentum/

Angular Momentum: not the best name for a game, but nice and some real tough levels!

BBP - 14-12-2008 at 16:13

The Never-Ending Level Game is now updated to 200 levels!

Stuck at 183... grr... :mad:

http://www.levelgame.net

BBP - 30-12-2008 at 09:42

http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1616035/
Super Mario 63: fantastically addictive.

scallopino - 30-12-2008 at 10:14

By the way Bonny, look what I did the other day:

BBP - 30-12-2008 at 13:36

Hey! Congratz! I never had that, though I must've played that game so many times...

In Vista's Minesweeper that smiley is gone.

scallopino - 31-12-2008 at 03:10

No! The smiley was the best part of it!

BBP - 31-12-2008 at 09:21

I know, isn't it horrible? There are a lot of animations in it, but they slow down the game so much I just switched them off.
Also on the Solitaire games (Klondike, Spider and Freecell) there are only 4 possible card sets. I want that robot back.

BBP - 30-1-2009 at 14:41

One of my recent discoveries is a type of SokoBan, set in a haunted house: Phantom Mansion.
http://www.gimme5games.com/index.jsp?id=pm_hub It's mighty addicting!

MTF - 31-1-2009 at 09:53

Speaking of Minesweeper (as you were just a month ago), here's one of my favorite FAIL images:

BBP - 31-1-2009 at 13:37

Hah! Not possible, but funny!