Filed under: Fun, Games, Internet, Google, Time-Wasters, web 2.0
Built on Google Earth, Ships is an amazing (yet boring) Time Waster
by Lee Mathews May 20th 2009 at 3:00PM
I know, I know. It's really not that exciting as a game. As a glimpse into the near future, though, Ships is undeniably cool. There's also something strangely addictive about tooling around the amalgamation of satellite imagery and 3D rendered buildings.
That's my airship, tooling around downtown Cleveland, searching for a pro sports championship.
For seafaring types, you can choose from barges, cruise, and container ships and peacefully putter along the world's waterways. A cruise ship floating in the middle of Lake Eerie? Sure, why not? That site is at least as believable as the Browns winning the Super Bowl, after all.
Who knows - maybe one day games like this will progress from some kind of Open Arena - Google Earth mashup.
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, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jason said 8:13PM on 5-20-2009
Hey look you can see BOTH of our buildings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY
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