Comments on: The byte is stronger than the brain http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/12/8651/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:18:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matthew Rodgers http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/12/8651/comment-page-1/#comment-310262 Matthew Rodgers Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:53:11 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/12/8651/#comment-310262 Funny story about OSX Chess: In my high school's Student Council I was their Technology Coordinator. We had happened to buy a G5 to mess around with and sometimes I would play chess. (Sometimes against my friends who hung out with me.) To my dismay, I could never bet the computer. Never. I'm fairly good at chess, but, obviously not as good as a Vladimir Kramnik or Kasporav, but I'm pretty good. The computer just doesn't let you win. When I get to the point where I could take a Knight or sometimes even a Queen, the game wouldn't even let me take the piece. It sort of pissed me off. Of course, I did bet it once, later on, after I discovered that I wasn't supposed to win and my goal was to lose. At least I think that's what it was. It could have been that the computer was messing with my mind. Funny story about OSX Chess:

In my high school’s Student Council I was their Technology Coordinator. We had happened to buy a G5 to mess around with and sometimes I would play chess. (Sometimes against my friends who hung out with me.)

To my dismay, I could never bet the computer. Never. I’m fairly good at chess, but, obviously not as good as a Vladimir Kramnik or Kasporav, but I’m pretty good. The computer just doesn’t let you win. When I get to the point where I could take a Knight or sometimes even a Queen, the game wouldn’t even let me take the piece. It sort of pissed me off. Of course, I did bet it once, later on, after I discovered that I wasn’t supposed to win and my goal was to lose. At least I think that’s what it was. It could have been that the computer was messing with my mind.

]]> By: Matt http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/12/8651/comment-page-1/#comment-309891 Matt Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:40:41 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/12/8651/#comment-309891 Try <a href="http://www.everyone-dies.com" rel="nofollow">Defcon</a>, a really nice indie game from Introversion. It sells for £10 ($15) and is really worth the money. Just play a game in office mode (real time) and leave it in the background while you work, you come back to it when something is happening. I know it's currently out for Windows but I'm not sure when it comes out on OSX or Linux but Introversion always release on all three withing 3 months of the game being released. Try Defcon, a really nice indie game from Introversion. It sells for £10 ($15) and is really worth the money. Just play a game in office mode (real time) and leave it in the background while you work, you come back to it when something is happening.

I know it’s currently out for Windows but I’m not sure when it comes out on OSX or Linux but Introversion always release on all three withing 3 months of the game being released.

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