Archive for November 2013

Life in the future will probably not look like the serial SF TV shows of yore: computers are already smaller than a tricorder, we have access to the world’s most complete database of wisdom and knowledge and generally use it to argue with people we will never meet and look up photos of cats with misspelled captions, and humanity won’t manage to ascend to egalitarian greatness as long as we have social media to distract us. This game is made available for the Mac on GOG.com, so you can buy this Mac game up there and play it on your Mac. When creating an account there gives you more cool stuff, because you will be added freely 10 games, form which 9 are also for the Mac! So don’t wait any longer and create an account up there using the login/create account link on the top bar or use the “add chart” button to do so. Have fun!

Enter Redshirt: it’s a look at how life on Distant Space 7 or Sumeria 5 could have been if they’d known about social networking in 1994. Available today for just $19.99, Redshirt gives you the chance to be a crew member who has to live with the challenges of managing not only your job requirements, but also balancing the intricate needs of the many (on the social application Spacebook) against the one (that would be you). Determining which outweighs the other is a constant struggle, and it’s not made any easier by the fact that you just might end up parading around on away missions wearing a shirt of the most dangerous color.

Go to the game page up here…

Have you ever wanted to be President? Or Prime Minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let’s face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. This game is made available for the Mac on GOG.com. They silently updated the game for Mac (no announcement), so that’s why the later  post.  Have fun!

Crime, unemployment, national debt, terrorism, climate change. Have you got the answers to the problems that face western industrialized nations? Here is your chance to find out. Democracy 3 simulates the motivations, loyalties, and desires of everyone in the country. A custom designed neural network is used to model individual voters, each with varying memberships of voting groups, political parties, and pressure groups. Each voter’s income is modeled, along with their levels of complacency and cynicism. This is the most sophisticated political strategy game ever created.

Check out the game page up here…