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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YouTube has made some surprising progress in its quest to host every music video ever created in a deal with Warner Music that will put the record giant's entire music video library online. This is in stark contrast to the recent legal threats by Universal against YouTube regarding copyright. The Warner deal gives YouTube users access to the music videos plus the green light to remix those videos with their own content. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but Warner and YouTube will be sharing advertising revenue.
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David G. Hong said 5:02PM on 9-18-2006
Perhaps Warner wants a piece of YouTube? Blogging stocks had an article about possible YouTube IPO. Here:
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/09/05/youtube-ipo-soon/
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kbiel said 5:41PM on 9-18-2006
It looks like Warner is starting to "get it". Putting the videos out can only increase their profits, not decrease them. It's why music videos were made in the first place, as marketing to sell albums.
Now if we can only convince them to license their music to Fox so that we can get WKRP on DVD.
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