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 Jun 13th 2006
For those of you who don't want to (or can't) install the Windows Vista beta but want to see it in action, blogger Long Zheng has recorded a series of seven screencasts highlighting some of Vista's flashier new features, in particular the new Aero Glass UI, its new Media Center and search functionality, the much-touted Sidebar with its "gadgets," and the tablet PC experience. Oh, and you also get a peek at Solitaire. One thing's for certain: It's awful pretty.
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Peter said 5:22PM on 6-13-2006
It certainly is pretty. I installed the beta on a few machines. When I first heard about all the eye-candy I thought, "Who needs that? It just gets in the way of doing real work." But I must say, when it all comes together like that AND you run it on a machine that is powerful enough so the effects don't slow you down, it is very nice and it does add to the experience.
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a said 5:32PM on 6-13-2006
where is Solitaire? I can't find it. I wonder how good the machine has to be to run this.
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Claudiu Spulber said 7:44AM on 6-14-2006
"I wonder how good the machine has to be to run this."
- 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.
- 1 GB of system memory.
- A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero2.
- 128 MB of graphics memory.
- 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
See the details on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx
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Sidd said 11:41AM on 6-14-2006
the link isn't working for me :-(
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