It is not often that I get to play games, and even more seldom that I write about them, but Splitter is a game that has many of the elements I like:

• It takes no time to learn
• You can play it for just a few minutes (perfect while waiting for a render)
• You have to think about solutions
• There are many solutions to each puzzle
• No killing necessary
• You can restart each lever without penalty
• And it involves real life physics

Another game I can recommend is Buggles Connect over at the Casual Collective. Here you can play against other online players. It is quite fun trying to guess what the other player(s) might do and adjust your own strategy accordingly.

You place your markers in an empty spot and try to grab as many little Buggles as you can. Whoever has caught most of them at the end of 10 rounds, wins.

Enjoy.

Play The Game. Then Take Action.

Usually I stay off politics on this blog, but had to pass on this link. After having seen how the American media has often failed to do it’s main job – objective, critical and most of all: unbiased analysis of the ongoings, this game really is more than just a game.

This is more than just a game. Rupert Murdoch spreads his political agenda into nearly every living room in America by buying up TV stations and other media across the country. In city after city, StopBigMedia is organizing a grassroots campaign against Murdoch’s takeover. Right now, the Federal Communications Commission wants to let moguls like Murdoch own even more newspapers and stations. Murdoch’s media empire already includes the Fox Television Network, Fox News Channel, a maze of cable networks, radio stations, hundreds of newspapers around the world, and even Internet sites like MySpace. Recently, he gobbled up the Wall Street Journal and launched the Fox Business Network. The media are our prime source of news and information. When we let a few giant conglomerates control so many outlets, quality journalism turns into junk media, and our democracy suffers. Tell your friends about “Whack-a-Murdoch,” and join StopBigMedia.com’s campaign to smack down media consolidation.