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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Maxsquared said 12:22PM on 3-20-2008
Why why why.... can't they change their name? I much prefer gmail too googlemail, it's just too long.
I know there is work arounds, but it's just why do we have to do that?
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john said 12:23PM on 3-20-2008
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John said 2:42PM on 3-20-2008
I am confused. What prevents someone in Europe from signing up with Gmail in the US?
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keeves said 5:34PM on 3-20-2008
Nothing, if you go on a holiday to US, and want a @gmail instead of @googlemail account then sign up then. (also, anyone who signed up prior to the change to @googlemail kept their @gmail address)
whiskey said 10:57PM on 3-20-2008
Try to write to yourself @googlemail.com
In order to make it easier for you... you've got both addresses working...
x20mar said 7:08PM on 3-20-2008
You know, despite the legal name change, everyone will still call it gmail
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Nicki Brøchner said 9:16PM on 3-20-2008
allow me to correct an error in this post. Because this ruling only effecting the German markedet. Since it is only in Germany that Daniel Giersch has the G-Mail trademark.
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andrea said 5:49PM on 5-02-2008
A friend in Germany set up a new "gmail" acct and they got one with googlemail.de, not googlemail.com. Anyone know if they dropped .com for the country domain? He really wanted dot com
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