4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, fun fun!, Dec 16 2003
This review is from: Fatal Distractions: 87 Of the Very Best Ways to Get Beaten, Eaten, Maimed, and Mauled on Your Pc/Book and Cd-Rom (Paperback)
In so many ways, the best way to measure improvements in computer hardware and software is to examine the progress of computer games. Many computer old-timers, including this reviewer, remember the first text based and crude graphics games. The fighters in those cases all looked something like <-*-> or (=*=). But even that was enough to keep us riveted to the screen for hours, neglecting all body functions until things reached critical mass. And now, the animation is nearly real time and the images approach that of television. Such quality is a tribute to all those people who have worked so hard in what is truly a labor of love.
Every item in this collection of eighty-seven shareware and freeware games is of high caliber and this is quite possibly the cheapest form of entertainment that one can purchase. Even if one month is spent examining each game, it will take 7.25 years before you complete the book. The author has sifted through a large collection of current games and picked out those considered to be the best. Some people get to have all the fun! Of course, there is some consolation in "working hard" to obtain the knowledge needed to write this review. Loading and running the games is easy and some also involve sound.
A definitive collection of high quality games that will leave your backside numb, I give it my wholehearted endorsement. And now, back to work, I may have to write more on this subject later.
Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.
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