I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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by Jordan Running May 31st 2006
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Dave said 2:27PM on 5-31-2006
I'm sure you meant $49 per YEAR for up to three PCs.
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Diddle said 2:47PM on 5-31-2006
I can do all that for FREE!
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Andrew said 2:57PM on 5-31-2006
"Now available free to new beta testers in the United States, at http://ideas.live.com, Microsoft® Windows OneCare Live will be available in June from retailers and via the Web for an annual subscription of $49.95 MSRP for up to three personal computers."
From the M$ live site, that is the annual price.
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james 42 said 8:39PM on 5-31-2006
If the browser is an integral part of the OS, then shouldn't this stuff be as well?
And as Diddle points, we are already doing this for free (even with some stuff from MS), so what is the advantage of paying?
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Claudiu Spulber said 7:47AM on 6-02-2006
Yeah, unfortunatelly they finally got it live.
"If the browser is an integral part of the OS, then shouldn't this stuff be as well?"
No because it would mean unfair competition. All the antivirus/firewall/spyware/backup products manufacturers will not be able to compete with a pack that's included by default in the Operating System. Just like the browser thing.
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Fabulo said 5:37PM on 6-02-2006
Cars manufacturers have an incentive to sell you a car that won't fall apart after 6 days of use, even if they sell you all the repairs you need from their dealer network, because after all, you can shy away from that particular manufacturer that wronged you and buy from a competitor.
Microsoft doesn't really have an incentive to give you a safe and secure OS because they also want to sell you the $50/year subscription to make the OS safe and secure. And it's not like there are competitors ready to sell you another OS compatible with the software that you already own.
This is helped by the fact that end users do not own any software, they buy a revokable license to use (with limitations) a company's software. And this software does not even come with any warranty of fitness or liability. mmm... the software industry has it really good.
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