This is an interesting use of Google Maps. It is called Goggles and is a flight sim that uses Google Maps. You define a starting point from a drop-down list, or you can define your own starting point. You then control a plane using the arrows keys to bank and dive and the A and [...]

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Can Major League Gaming (MLG) hit the big time. It is certainly getting good coverage in the US but can it reach out to other countries?

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Here is a list of the top 10 free games for Linux.

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I’ve been playing around with Microsoft Flight Simulator X a bit this week. Overall not bad. I was pleased to see my PC handling the graphics very well, even with the detail set to high on various settings. I was worried the graphics overhead may have increased from the old version but at first glance [...]

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The multiplayer component of F.E.A.R. Combat is going to be made available for free. Here are the details from the Sierra web site. Sierra Entertainment today announced that the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R.™ (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat, and will be made available to the public [...]

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I’ve noticed that Microsoft has released a demo version of Flight Simulator X which is the latest in the Flight Simulator series. Thanks to the Vista blog for posting this. It looks like the demo will work with both XP and Vista. The demo can be downloaded here. Here is some eye candy. More screenshots [...]

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This article made me laugh. I’m sure most of us have played online computer games at some parts in our lives. I used to be really hooked on both Half-Life and Half-Life 2 for a while and would often spend several hours a week running around blasting everything in site. Great fun. The article mentions [...]

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