Wired recently wrote an article on how the Nintendo Wii is being used by hospitals for physical therapy. Some call it “Wiihabilitation.” Nintendo’s Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat [...]
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Fun Friday: Corner Chaos
February 15th, 2008
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If you haven’t already figured it out, I enjoy puzzle games. I would buy every puzzle game on the market if I could afford both the monetary cost and the productivity lost. So instead of paying for the full game, I download the demo and try it out. If the game is really good I [...]
Fun Friday: Galder
February 8th, 2008
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The rules for this game are simple, the scoring easy to figure out but the real challenge is to be able to plan ahead. Check this out for a break from work for an hour or a day. It took me three games to figure out that you need to remove as many gems at [...]
Fun Friday: Zuma
February 1st, 2008
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Zuma is a simple but very addictive game. I recently found a copy for apple and only downloaded the demo otherwise I would have been at it for hours. If you don’t want hours of your life sucked away firing coloured balls from a frogs mouth, I would suggest staying far away. You can also [...]
Fun Friday: Puzzle Widget
January 18th, 2008
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The Puzzle Widget Dashboard game for Mac is addictive and fun. As quoted from the author’s website: This fiendish and addictive puzzle will keep you busy for hours. Warning: Don’t play this at work! The idea is simple but solving it is difficult. It was based on a wooden puzzle the author use to play [...]
Fun Friday: POV
December 27th, 2007
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After spending 3 hours today working my way through the 30 levels of this game, I thought I would share it and hopefully get others addicted as well. It is an excellent free game for Mac OS X, with an intuitive 3D interface and challenging levels. From their website: POV is a mind-bending puzzle game [...]
