http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culturetech en http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/kills-animals-mama-peta-game http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/kills-animals-mama-peta-game Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:42:42 GMT Iain Simons Every week Iain Simons chooses a game so you can while away a few hours at your desk. This week Peta's Mama Kills Animals

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/real-sense-whilst-tantalising http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/real-sense-whilst-tantalising Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:24:03 GMT Iain Simons Whilst the sensation of rummaging around in history is wholly intoxicating, the possibilities for a real sense of traveling through it are tantalising...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/obama-world-super-game-hours http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/obama-world-super-game-hours Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:34:10 GMT Iain Simons Each weekend Iain Simons provides you with a game that'll help you while away a few hours. This time it's Super Obama World. Enjoy wisely...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/microsoft-social-live-service http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/microsoft-social-live-service Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:32:26 GMT Iain Simons This week, Microsoft radically extended the services offered on their live.com service. Previously it was but a humble search portal, but overnight it’s been transformed into a plaxo/facebook/yahoo hybrid that’s so socially networked it sensed I’m writing this and has already added me as a friend.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/scumm-games-adventure-beneath http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/scumm-games-adventure-beneath Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:58:25 GMT Iain Simons Iain Simons selects a game this week that could keep you occupied not just for a few hours, but for a few days. Enjoy responsibly...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/littlebigplanet-feels-lbp-game http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/11/littlebigplanet-feels-lbp-game Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:07:13 GMT Iain Simons Just as Pegg and Stevenson’s ‘Spaced’ felt like a sitcom that was created specifically for people born around the early seventies, so LittleBigPlanet feels like our game

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/somersault-game-ball-desk http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/somersault-game-ball-desk Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:45:32 GMT Iain Simons Every week Iain Simons chooses a game for you to while away a few hours at your desk. This time it's the Somersault Game. Enjoy wisely...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/tasha-game-free-twee-double http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/tasha-game-free-twee-double Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:58:29 GMT Iain Simons In this week's Something for the Weekend, Iain Simons is charmed by a gentle world of games that are both twee and free

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/sony-user-levels-game http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/sony-user-levels-game Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:02:48 GMT Iain Simons LittleBigPlanet promises to take user-generated creativity to new levels, providing it can first overcome the jitters of a sensitive Sony...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/game-zork-online-play-text http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/10/game-zork-online-play-text Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:52:20 GMT Iain Simons Each week Iain Simons finds you a game to while away a few hours at your desk. This week's Something for the Weekend is Zork. Enjoy wisely...

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