Italian pizza connection

A couple of weeks ago, we got all three Pizza Connection games in the GoG version from a PC magazine subscription. Since it’s DRM-free, bookahnerk and I didn’t even have to fight for who gets the games. And if we had, then I would have won, because I installed them first. :p The third Pizza Connection game also got the worst reviews. I don’t know why yet, because I haven’t encountered any bugs and have found the game reasonably difficult to play. But since I am completely new to the franchise, maybe that’s why I don’t see what’s wrong with it. A lot of reviews seem to compare the game to its predecessors. I tried to play Pizza Connection 1 first, but it is very very old and all I saw was a blurry little image that I could click on to zoom in – the map, that is. But I had no idea what to do or how to even start the game properly other than staring at the map. I am having a great time playing this game so far. I moved on from Rome to Paris … [Read more...] about Screenshot Saturday: Pizza Connection 3

“Pac-Man” (CC BY-ND 2.0) by Laure Wayaffe We might be told not to play with our food as kids, but that doesn’t mean we can’t play with food in video games. In fact, food has been at the heart of video gaming since Pac-Man arrived. Are you hungry? Let’s check out the best video games about food. Restaurant Empire Be your own boss in Restaurant Empire, a game from Enlight Software that puts you in charge of choosing cuisine, picking the chef, and keeping customers happy. Have you got what it takes? Fruit Ninja Get your blade sharpened and ready for some fun as you slice your way through fruit that appears on-screen. Fast hands are key, especially if you want to pick up bonus points by cutting through multiple fruits at once. Hell’s Kitchen Based on the popular television series starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, you’ll need to know your salmon en croûte from your pad thai to survive in Hell’s Kitchen as budding cooks … [Read more...] about 9 Great Food-Based Video Games

The way we define our friends has vastly changed over the past decade or so. There is a fine line between virtual friends and the friends we see in real life. In many cases, these two groups overlap. We might connect with former friends through social networking sites but never actually see them in person for the rest of our lives. Other friends we connect with online we might see every single day. Heck, they might be sitting right next to us as we share a link on their Facebook wall or retweet them. Some people are less picky about their virtual friends, and they’ll accept new ones that they’ve never met in person. For these less selective people, are the friends they’ve made through social networking sites true friends? The answer to that question lies in your definition of “friend.” Your casual social network acquaintances are certainly friends if you define the term as someone to whom you are attached by mutual feelings of respect or similar interests. … [Read more...] about How Personality Type affects the Quality of Facebook Friends

Although the Asheron’s Call series has now been dead for exactly one year today, it’s far from forgotten by fans. It was admittedly a cult classic, and as the youngest of the “Big Three” graphical MMOs, it was the easiest to ignore, especially as it used an original sci-fi/fantasy setting rather than, well, something with elves. MMO AC converts I’ve met regularly said the game was more solo-friendly and more story-driven than Ultima Online and EverQuest, receiving monthly updates that felt like downloadable content before DLC was a common industry term. These weren’t simply automated addons but events that were often curated in a fashion that is similar to Game Masters in tabletop RPGs, meaning that those who built the scenario sometimes participated as their own lore characters, placing themselves at the mercy of their own game and community. While several events in both AC1 and AC2 made use of this kind of … [Read more...] about Re-examining Asheron’s Call’s Shard of the Herald event on its first deathiversary

My guess is a lot. You will get a tiny fraction of that number, but frankly, even the small amount we get, we often don't have the time to read them all. An average office employee receives 121 emails a day. Just have a look at your mailbox and you will see that you have a huge list of unread emails.  According to Radicati Group Email Statistics Report:  "In 2015, the number of business emails received totals 88 emails per user per day." Did you know that average attention span of a human is less than a goldfish? I'm not kidding… Take a look at this surprising fact: The average attention span of an average adult is 8.25 seconds, and the average attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds. (Static Brain) Email is the most popular way to connect with people in this digital age. It's a great way to start a conversation with your users/customers/prospects, and add some value into their lives. Let's take an example: You've got three emails - one from your friend, one from your … [Read more...] about 7 Human Ways Which You Can Implement to Write Engaging Email