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AI War: Fleet Command, A Large Scale, Space Based RTS

I've been playing a little AI War lately, having just got the game from Direct to Drive, and updating it to the latest stable version. I have very little time at time moment to type out a long description of the game here, so I have instead included the version 4.0 trailer. you can visit this site for more info.



Maybe I will say more on this subject in a future post.

Political humor through MTG cards

I was looking around online at magic cards, and came across this gem. so without further ado, here is some political humor, through the lens of Magic the Gathering.

Fauna Shaman, one of the best Green MTG cards

Today I'd like to highlight my current favorite green type Magic the Gathering card.

As you can see, this is one powerful card. Although her Power and Toughness are low, the effect she has can be devastating to the opposition. Being able to trade that extra Llanowar Elves for an Enormous Baloth can be a game winner in many cases, especially if you have Primal Bellow. 

There may be more card highlights coming. Stay tuned. 

More GIMP Stuff

Here are some more pictures I made.

 If any of you readers want to know where to get the GIMP, click here.

The GIMP, a free photoshop like program.

Lately I have been fiddling around with a free photo editing software called the GIMP. it works just like photoshop, but for free! here is one simple image I made with the GIMP.

Here's looking at you!

Prince of Persia for Super Nintendo- Good Hard Gaming Fun!

One game I remember playing when I was a kid
was the PC version of the original Prince of Persia.
I remember one night at my friends house playing it- and dying over and over and over and over. Fast forward 12 years or so, and I find myself playing the same game,
although a different version, playing it on the Super Nintendo Emulator.

In Prince of Persia (the original) the evil Vizier Jaffar (yes, Jaffar) has cast the prince in the dungeon, and given the princess an ultimatum- marry him (Jaffar) in an hour (2 hours in the Super Nintendo version)
or die. The prince must now escape from the dungeon and work his way up the tower to where Jaffar and the princess are, kill Jaffar, and rescue the princess. In order to do this the prince must find a weapon, fight guards, dodge traps, and generally cheat death time and time again. All this within the hour (or two).

the Super Nintendo (SNES) version of the game has about twice as many levels, and gives you 2 hours instead of 1 hour to finish the game. Thus, the player must complete the game within the time limit, or get a bad ending. Perhaps because of the time limit, Prince of Persia gives you infinite lives. If you die however, you go back to the beginning of the level, and the timer goes right on ticking.

There is no way I know of to get a game over, aside from time running out,
(and even then I believe it still lets you finish) or the player getting bored and shutting off the machine.
The game however, is hard as heck, and you have to earn every inch of progress you make.

Overall the SNES remake of the original Prince of Persia is an excellent game,
but those without patience- Beware!

This video shows me playing level one.
It took a LOT of practice just to get marginally good at this first of 20 levels!