The Company of Myself (on Kongregate)
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All of the dungeons in the Legend of Zelda are part of one big map. How about that. (via Metafilter)
"Please do not remove memory card (8MB) (for (Playstation®2)"
— Remember how every single game said this?
I attribute a lot of my gradeschool interests and success to things I learned from gaming. For instance, a game with a high school system will teach a first-grader about how numbers add up, or at least, this is what I tell myself.
Anyway, this article is a spot-on study of the intellectual skills at work in many games.
List of Scrabble Words That Have a ‘Q’ and no ‘U’
I found this handy list on the Scrabble website. To keep things compact, I denote simple plural forms with (S):
- FAQIR(S) – Variation of fakir, a Hindu ascetic
- QAID(S) – A variation of caid, a Muslim leader
- QANAT(S) – A system of underground tunnels and wells in the Middle East
- QAT(S) – Variation of kat, an evergreen shrub
- QINDAR(S) – Variation of qintar, a monetary unit of Albania
- QINDARKA – A plural form of qindar
- QINTAR(S) – A monetary unit of Albania
- QOPH(S) – A letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- QWERTY(S) – A standard typewriter keyboard
- SHEQEL – An ancient unit of weight and money
- SHEQALIM – The plural of sheqel
- TRANQ(S) – Variation of trank (i.e. tranquilizer)
Interesting article on shared game mechanics vis-a-vis plagiarism.
