Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Microsoft
Gentlemen, get your goggles on for Flight Simulator X
by Ryan Carter Aug 15th 2006
Microsoft has released a trial version of the highly anticipated Flight Simulator X. The popular flying application is going to be available in its entirety for the holidays, but this trial is meant to add FSX to your Christmas wish list. The trial has 3 aircraft, 3 missions, and 2 airports allowing the expert and novice alike to traverse the skies with style. The game's massive 14GB and DirectX 9 hardware requirements sound like a serious application sits behind FSX's digital cockpit. Should be a good ride. Happy flying, everybody. Oh, and don't forget to pull the chocks before you take off, no use making the tower wait for you, this is an airport after all.[Via BetaNews]
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
