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- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
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- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
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- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Tag Archives: Gaming
Fun Game of the Moment
Here is a simple enough game, my average error was 23 miles on my second time though. All you have to do is move a state to where [..]
Wii
We have been borrowing Sara’s brother’s Wii and I have to say that it is a very fun machine. I can see its value as a good game [..]
Another Great Game
Another really cool game from the game competition that I talked about the other day. This one is called Sprout, and it by far one very nice game. [..]
Time Wasters of the Moment
In Reunion you use some lights to guide a sleepwalking boy to find his cat around a maze in a side scrolling platform game of sorts. As you [..]
Fun Time Waster for the Moment
Time yet again for another time waster, this one caught my attention right before bed last night and I ended up playing it until 4 am. Dwarf Complete [..]
Cool Time Waster for the Moment
There is a really cool game called Rooms that you have to try out. Here is a screenshot from their homepage: The idea is fairly simple. Using your [..]
MoyoGo for Free
Moyo Go Studio is now available for free. You won’t be able to get technical support from the author, the database isn’t nearly as big as in the [..]
I Got a Go Board
My dad had given us a gift certificate for the mall, so I used a bit of it at the game kiosk to buy a Go Board. As [..]
My First Teaching Game of Go
I got my first teaching game of Go today, but before I did that I played yet another bot on KGS. I paid no real attention to the [..]
Great Go Blog
ChiyoDad Learns Go is my favorite Go Blog. It is a very good website, especially for beginners. It is where I first learned of Hikaru No Go, which [..]
Where I First Learned of Go
I first heard of Go eons ago when Atari was the king of video games. I knew they were named for a Go term, but not much more [..]
Interesting Lesson on Counting Liberties
I was looking ahead a bit in my reading of The Second Book of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books) and came across the following (I changed it [..]
My Go Book Collection and Books I Want
Here are the Go Books I currently have: First is Janice Kim’s excellent Learn to Play Go series. These are basically English translations of books from the Korean [..]
RE: IRS Taxation of Online Game Virtual Assets Inevitable
A senior economist on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, Dan Miller, says that it is just a question of when, not if, that people will be taxed for virtual [..]
Another Go Update
I have been playing SmartGo a bit… well I only played a couple games, but I have been playing with some of the other features and I have [..]
Go Update
I haven’t talked about Go for eons. First up. I noticed my favorite Go program SmartGo has been updated to 2.3. It has been very much improved since [..]
Funny Poltical Ad
Check out the Wrestling ad on this page. Right after he says he is working with Hillary Clinton to limit inappropriate material (read censorship) in children’s video games [..]
Time Waster of the Moment
Here is another fun game to play. It’s called Funny Farm, and I’ll spoil part of it here, the idea is simply to find what word goes in [..]
Fun Time Waster of the Moment
Looking for a fun game to play online that forces you to use your brain? Submachine 3 is the game for you. It is relatively short, only 11 [..]


