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Scream: Make screaming more interesting on Windows...???
by Jordan Running Aug 31st 2006 at 3:00PM
In celebration of Edvard Munch's The Scream being returned to Oslo police, I would like to present Scream, which has got to be the coolest app I've seen all month. It bills itself as "a software application to facilitate screaming." What does that mean? Well, basically, it will make the windows on your desktop respond to your cries of anguish, moans of frustration, and angry outbursts. No, seriously. It listens to your computer's microphone for loud noises, and shuffles your windows around in response. Scream a little and one of your windows might move a little. Scream a lot and all of them will move around a lot. It also responds to "door slams, domestic disputes, and police helicopters" as well as music. In case you're having trouble visualizing this, there's a few very entertaining videos of Scream in action on the Scream web site. Scream is a free program for Windows.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Fabulo said 7:04PM on 8-31-2006
Now that's useful. And not annoying at all. Sign me up! I wish it wasn't free, it is so cool!
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Mustang said 5:24AM on 9-03-2006
So basically it's a program that has no point at all?
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