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Comment Overlord. (Score 1) 513

by Chroystmobot on Thursday April 24, 2008 @11:40AM (#23183918) Attached to: PC Gaming Suggestions for Console-like Fun?

Overlord. And it's expansions. For that matter, anything with the "Games for Windows" stripe at the top. They all work with the proper gamepad, that of the 360. As I'm an insensitive clod, I'd simply suggest getting a 360, though it is my understanding that they're full of sausage.

PC Gaming Suggestions for Console-like Fun? 513

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 24, 2008 @08:57AM from the twister-seems-more-fun dept.

jayminer writes "We are a relatively newly married young couple who enjoy spending our spare time at home. We don't own a console but have a gaming laptop with DVI output to play games on our TV. My wife is also a CS major so she's computer literate enough. She does not like strategy games, MMORG or any other role-playing game. Apart from "Find the Sausage" jokes, we need quality gaming advice, preferably games which we can play with a single laptop connected to a single large screen, with two gamepads, a console-like experience. What are your suggestions?"

US Spies Use Custom Video Games for Training 148

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday April 24, 2008 @08:19AM from the no-idkfa-allowed dept.

Wired reports that the US Defense Intelligence Agency has just acquired three PC-based video games which they will use to train the next wave of analysts. The games are short, but they have branching story lines that change depending on how a trainee reacts to various problems. Quoting: "'It is clear that our new workforce is very comfortable with this approach,' says Bruce Bennett, chief of the analysis-training branch at the DIA's Joint Military Intelligence Training Center. Wired.com had an opportunity to play all three games, Rapid Onset, Vital Passage and Sudden Thrust. The titles may conjure images of blitzkrieg, but the games themselves are actually a surprisingly clever and occasionally surreal blend of education, humor and intellectual challenge, aimed at teaching the player how to think."

MacBook Air Confuses Airport Security 550

Posted by Zonk on Monday March 10, 2008 @11:26PM from the when-consumer-electronics-attack dept.

Ant writes "MacNN reports that the thin design of Apple's MacBook Air is causing some confusion for the technically ignorant, according to one blogger who says that the ultra-portable caused him to miss his flight. When going through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security checkpoint, blogger Michael Nygard was held up as security staff gathered around his MacBook Air, trying to make sense of the slender laptop/notebook. One of the less technically knowledgeable staff points out the lack of standard features as cause for alarm..."

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