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  1. Discount thoughts: critical thinking compilation

    Collections of intelligent writing about video games. Only two so far, but promising.

  2. YouTube - Band of Brothers (BOB) gets Pwned in Alliance Trounament 4

    I’d never seen commentary on a game before. I have no idea what’s going on, but it’s still somehow thrilling. (via Oblinks)

  3. Breaking: Goonfleet stomps Band of Brothers in biggest EVE takedown ever

    “Can you smell that? That sort of eau du ozone, rubber, and dust? That smell is the goddamn future, friends. We are, all of us, finally living in the world our grandfathers wrote pulp novels about.”

  4. Realm Crafter

    Makes MMORPG style games.

  5. UUA: Deep Fun

    A good source of games to play with groups of people, ideal as ice-breakers. (via Cool Tools)

  6. ‘Grand,’ but No ‘Godfather’ - WSJ.com

    On why ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ is very good but isn’t great art in the way the best films are. (via Infovore)

  7. Hide & Seek

    Pervasive gaming weekend based on the South Bank this weekend. Sounds a lot of fun; I’d go if I was in town. (via Haddock)

  8. World Geography Quizzes - Hundreds of Map Games

    Loads of very good educational map games for dumbos like me. (via Haddock)

  9. Caledonian Global Challenge - Caledonian Business School

    Europe-based map game. I’m embarrassingly poor at even this. (via Haddock)

  10. Geosense: an online world geography game

    What it says. Good one, you can play against others (or click ‘Visit’ then ‘Play alone’). (via Haddock)

  11. World Map - countries of the world

    Educational map game (my geography is terrible). (via Haddock)

  12. Grand Theft Auto III FAQs - Grand Theft Auto III Walkthroughs - Grand Theft Auto III Guides

    Because every few months, when I have a GTA3 stint, I have to go and find this again.

  13. Dicewars - Flash game

    Neatly done, time-wasting Risk-like online game. Must. Resist. (via Haddock)

  14. GogglesBeta09.swf

    Server problems mean I’m probably the last person to link to this. Still fun. (via Haddock)

  15. PalmMAME Arcade Emulator for PalmOS

    Haven’t tried this yet either.

  16. ZX Spectrum walkthrough - Google Video

    Wow. All the nostalgia without having to remember how to play the games. (via Yoz, via everyone apparently)

  17. Wage Slaves from 1UP.COM

    I’m always amazed by this kind of stuff: people paid peanuts in Asia to earn money in computer games (via Yoz).

  18. Wonderland: The thing about videogames

    Love this. Like Alice, the cheesiest US TV dramas can make me cry. So when will I feel for anyone in a computer game?

  19. Terra Nova: No shortage of currency options

    Currency exchanging in online gaming.

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