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by Brad Linder Jun 10th 2008
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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Marky said 1:47PM on 6-10-2008
I've never had any Google issues with Opera on the Mac or Windows and its the only browser I tend to use day to day. What issues are you thinking of?
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Brad Linder said 1:48PM on 6-10-2008
Some features in Google Docs and other Google web apps aren't officially supported. Try opening a spreadsheet in Google Docs and you'll get the HTML view.
SArah said 2:08PM on 6-10-2008
How does the torrent thing work with Opera?
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Rocketboy said 2:57PM on 6-10-2008
It's rather feature-less, but if you're not interested in running a stand alone torrent client, or you're not getting too deep in to seeding and whatnot, it'll work just fine.
gary said 3:59PM on 6-10-2008
Just wanted to mention they got alot better with google support recently reader now works fine as does gmail albeit a little laggy but this incompatability seems more like a google proble opera is forced to fix and google doesnt seem to care about helping them get it right
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Skapig said 5:23PM on 6-10-2008
I'm definitely looking forward to the final release. Not sure how I feel about the new skin, but it's easy enough to change (something Opera should probably emphasize more). You can also customize the layout to suit your taste. Nearly every widget on the screen can be moved via drag-and-drop action. It's all very quick.
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Quikboy said 8:06AM on 6-11-2008
Is it me, or does it kind of look like IE7 with a skin? I see that Opera has dropped some clunkiness in the UI, and streamlined it a bit more like IE7. And the buttons are almost in the same place, except for some.
Neat. I love Opera.
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website design said 8:06AM on 6-11-2008
I have IE 7, FF 3.0 RC and Opera on my PC. 99% of the time i use Opera.
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sarah said 10:01PM on 6-11-2008
Ok, Opera is officially MUCH better than firefox. I love it.
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