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Brain Games, Brain Fitness & Brain Training - Fitbrains.com. A Complete Waste Of Time. An extensive list of (mostly) fun & free games.

A Complete Waste Of Time

April 4, 2010 1:58 am Genre: Educational, Puzzle A dual-n-back game for the PC. Dual N Back games have been shown to increase working memory and fluid intelligence April 4, 2010 1:53 am Genre: Educational, Puzzle Dual-n-Back tests have been clinically shown to increase mental capacity. This is a simple online version. April 4, 2010 12:51 am Genre: Platformer, Puzzle A clever game that combines "sliding puzzle piece" simple game play. April 23, 2009 1:08 am Genre: Educational, Puzzle A bunch of projects from Lui von Ahn, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. April 20, 2009 1:11 am Genre: Puzzle A list of the best "brain games" on the web - updated daily (which is a lot more often than I udpate!).

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8 Awesome Free Open-Source Games You Can Enjoy On Windows, Mac and Linux

We also understand that you like your downtime too, and what better way to waste some time than with some free open source games? Maybe you’re a fan of cutesy 2D platformers? Or do you prefer staring down the barrel of a shotgun and shouting “pwned“ after every kill? What about strategy games that require careful planning and a tendency to start wars? Whatever your thing you’re bound to find something you like amongst this lot. Cube 2: Sauerbraten Sauerbraten (meaning “pot roast” in German) is a manic, fast-paced first person shooter which evolved from the original Cube. This means you and your buddies can collaborate together, creating, tweaking and building a map that suits you, without having to render it afterwards. The gameplay is split into single player episodic campaigns and a variety of multiplayer modes including classics such as free for all, capture the flag and instagib (one shot kills). FlightGear. TrivialPursuit's Channel.

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National Debt Game Takes Prize at Games for Change. A game that has players attempt to reconcile their share of the massive U.S. national debt was chosen as “Most Likely to Succeed” in a competition at last week’s seventh annual Games for Change conference.

National Debt Game Takes Prize at Games for Change

U.O.Me (You Owe Me) is the brainchild of two “public policy experts,” Eric Heis and Nicola Moore, and allows players to “make policy decisions and personal sacrifices to pay down the debt,” which is estimated at around $201,000 per person. It’s promised that, by the time they finish the game, players will “understand what a huge challenge reducing their personal share of the national debt really is.” Moore stated, “Our game will reach new audiences with nonpartisan policy education.” She added, “Our greatest challenge is trying to get others in our generation who stand to inherit $62 trillion of debt--to understand what that means for their future.” The 3 Best Free MMO Games Available Online.

Everquest, while not the first MMO, was the genre’s most amazing success story.

The 3 Best Free MMO Games Available Online

Suddenly everyone wanted a piece of the pie, and numerous subscription-based games were created, although most of them were crushed by World of Warcraft. Today, however, a huge number of game developers and publishers across the globe have teamed up to create whole set of free MMO games which allow players to enjoy content without cost. There are literally hundreds of free-to-play games available, but to be honest, most of them are terrible. Anyone who has enjoyed World of Warcraft or any other quality MMO will find that most free mmo games feel like they’re free simply because no one would buy them. But there are some exceptions, and the exceptions are very, very good. Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited Dungeons and Dragons Online has lived an odd life. D&D Online’s roots as a subscription base game purchased at retail gives it a large advantage over other free-to-play MMOs.