Archive for January, 2008
Computer games that create addiction
The category of computer games includes numerous games that actually create an addiction for the people who play them. This fact has also been noticed by psychologists and experts in the domain who say that people are facing a real problem regarding the addiction to these games.
Children and computer games
Children are the ones that most computer games address to and for this reason most of the game producers set the elements and features of the games so as to attract more and more children to play them.
The world of computer games includes many interesting features and details to discover and a lot of hidden information for children to find inside these games. Actually, once inside the world of the game, children find a fictional action by which they are usually very attracted. All the other elements, such as the hints, the cheats and the not so obvious details that these games contain are meant to create a special dimension in order to attract players more and more.
Happy 50 years, Smurfs!!!
They’re turning 50 without a hint of gray.
Just blue. Lots of blue. ( too bluish for me
)
The Smurfs ( originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) — led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette — kicked off a year of 50th birthday celebrations Monday with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice.
The late cartoonist Pierre Culliford — best known by his pen name, “Peyo” — first introduced the tiny blue figures in a comic strip in October 1958. He called them Schtroumpf; they became known worldwide as the Smurfs.







