Games

Feasibilities of 6ft Air Hockey Tables in Your Home

Posted in Games on August 22nd, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

If you bypass the 4 and 5ft air hockey table models to get something larger for your family, 6ft air hockey tables are a good choice. This length requires more space in a room, but not nearly as much as a full size table. Additionally, a 6ft table is usually light enough to slide against a wall when it is not in use.

If you aren’t sure how big a table you can get for the room you have, consider an 11′ to 12′ x 7′ to 7’6″ area during playing. This gives a minimal area to move around in while the game is in progress. Of course, the more room you have, the better it is. This may sound like a lot of area, but if you compare the room required for air hockey to what is needed for billiards, you will see that it’s not that much space.

Considering where to place an air hockey table is best decided before you make the purchase. If you have to use a room that is primarily used for something else, be sure there is enough space to store your table when other activities are taking place in that room.

An unused bedroom that doesn’t have furniture in it is about the right size for your table. Placing the table on a wall far from windows is good idea, and even then you should take measures to protect glass from wayward pucks.

If there is sufficient room in the living room or den without the table being the centerpiece even when it is not in use, this may be an excellent location. It is especially good if the room is large enough to support people playing while others can watch TV or socialize.

Most people don’t have dens large enough to accommodate a 6ft air hockey table, and it is much better to have a game room for your table. If a room in your home was especially built for that purpose, you might have to decide between air hockey and billiards.

Even if you want both games and the room isn’t larger enough for both, there are alternatives. Harvard, among others, makes a 6ft air hockey and pool table combination, which allows for a flip over to go from one game to another. Some models have an air hockey table that fits over the pool table.

If none of these approaches allow a 6ft air hockey table to work in your home, there is another way to go. Specially designed tables have a lock in place mechanism that allows for swinging the table up when not it use and pushing it against a wall. This requires more ceiling height than you have available.

Check the vertical height requirements before investing in this type of air hockey table, and understand that you will need a 4ft wall space to park the table against.

A 6ft air hockey table is a welcome addition to any family’s home entertainment, but you need to be sure it is feasible before you bring one home. You can find out much more at myairhockeytable.co.uk for free.

Kingdoms of Camelot – A Knight Tutorial

Posted in Games on August 14th, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

If you haven’t played Kingdoms of Camelot in Facebook, you should. It is an outstanding, multifaceted real time strategy game that is played with over four million people throughout the world. It puts the player into the role of a king, in charge of castle, a city and fields to produce resources. Build an army to conquer additional territory and join other players to form powerful alliances.

There numerous, outstanding Kingdoms of Camelot tutorials on the internet but few of them cover one of the most powerful ways to improve your gameplay. That part of the game involves the use of Knights.

Knights are hired at any time. If you choose a Facebook friend who also plays Kingdoms of Camelot, you will see a nice bonus, but anyone can be assigned. While Knights cost money to maintain, they gain skills as they age. That is the real incentive to hire Knights early in the game. The older they get, the more powerful they become.

As they gain skill points, the player should assign them as they best see fit. Each role a Knight fills will benefit from a particular skill. Assign the skills carefully. The two most used skills will be Resourcefulness and Combat. Resourcefulness is best used when a Knight is assigned to the Steward role and will provide significant boosts to resource production. Combat is used by your Knights when attacking other players and barbarian camps.

One of the best tips is to hire Knights before you build the next city. That gives the Knight time to age, and that will provide immediate benefits for when you reassign him to the new city. Never forget to reassign Knights and always be thinking ahead.

Having a few extra Knights not assigned will allow you to launch attacks with your armies. The larger the army you maintain, the more Knights you will need to launch simultaneous attacks. Only unassigned Knights can be used to lead armies.

Don’t overlook the unbelievably powerful role of Knights as you build up your game. The more cities and the larger armies you have, the more Knights you will probably need.

The Pirate Code Lego Game

Posted in Games on August 8th, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

Do you like to scream at people and ask them to walk the plank? Maybe you would like to live the life of a pirate. Then perhaps a suitable game for you would be the pirate code lego game! Yes this game is actually about being a pirate and the objective of the game is to break your opponent’s pirate code! Well maybe I am exaggerating things a little bit because this is not really such a piratey game after all! Well I am here to give you a good review of the game so I have to be frank with you right? Well the thing is if you have played the mastermind game before, where you have to guess your opponent’s coloured codes, this game is kind of similar to it just that it has been given a makeover and now is given a pirate’s theme.

In addition, where the old mastermind game board is designed just for two players, i.e. at any one time player one will try to guess player two’s secret code, the pirate code lego game can play up to four players because the design of the game is such that there is more than one game board (four actually) which are connected together allowing for multiple gaming! So instead of buying a few mastermind sets, you can set your mind at ease and just buy one lego pirates code game to allow up to four players to play! That is why I say this toy actually lets you save some money!

If you are already considering to get a mastermind game set why not just get this lego pirate code game set? Oh another thing I wish to highlight is that due to the flexibility of the game board, you can configure the game up to your own preference. This also means that you can state your own rules as well and play the game as you wish! To take an example from another lego game such as lego lava dragon, do you know that you can change the Lego lava dragon instructions? Now that is cool!

Fun with Scenario Paintball

Posted in Games on August 2nd, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

Novice and elite paintball players alike may find a challenge in typical courses. However, with time the traditional team game of capture the flag may become redundant. For those who wish for something new, there is another option available. Scenario paintball is an exciting way to experience paintball.

In this new take on the game, different scenarios are set up between both players and team. Doing so adds a sense of exhilaration and fun. This also allows players to use their combined creativity. There are countless scenarios that can be used. For example, raiding an enemy’s building. Sometimes players use fantasy, while other times actual reenactments of past military battles are used. One well-known battle reenactment is done in Oklahoma; thousands of players gather every year to play scenario paintball. They act out several battles that took place during WWII.

Depending on the wishes of the participants, sometimes these games have specific rules and formality. This is not always the case; it is fun and enjoyable to have less formal games as well. Rules will often times be dependent on the scenario that has been agreed upon. This is also true for difficulty level. However, since the scenario is based on imagination and creativity from the players, it is possible to create a game that will include all the players regardless of experience. Different roles can be given to players based on their ability.

Many players will enjoy and appreciate a change to the traditional paintball game. It will give players a chance to be creative, as well as offering a change of pace. Both teams will be challenged by different rules, as well as by the roles they have been assigned to play. These games can be played with small teams, or they could be organized with large amounts of players. Have fun with scenario paintball! Consider looking at Spyder Sonix paintball or Spyder Xtra paintball gun.

Video game addiction

Posted in Addictions, Games on July 26th, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

Everybody seems to have at least one friend who has been lured into a video game not to be seen again for months or even years.  This is the ugly face of video game addiction.

Like all addictions, the people that are most likely to fall prey are those that have a predilection to addictive behavior in the first place.  This doesn’t mean that if John the addict is an alcoholic he’s also going to become a video game addict.  What it means is that if someone is in a bad place, they are much more likely to drop deeper into that bad place if the escape mechanism is there and readily available.

How does it start?  Take one of my favorite test cases, a close friend of mine, who we’ll name Chachi for the purpose of this example.  He found himself in a loveless marriage.  Chachi has a couple of kids out of it but wasn’t predisposed to be driven to the bottle or other drugs, so instead he escaped into one of the many online fantasy games out there.  He got into the guild thing and somehow these online avatars became more important to him than his family and his real life friends.

Chachi is one of these guys that is naturally charming in a self deprecating fashion that drives women crazy.  When he got into this awful relationship the charm wore off and instead of going out and participating in life he pushed those efforts into an online world and shut himself off from the real world.  The result was an ugly divorce.  She blamed the video game.

Blaming video games or those that develop them for the potential of addiction they might cause is ridiculous.  That’s like claiming that violent video games cause kids to go out and hurt people.  There is nothing in the many research studies done that supports this.

People need to take responsibility for themselves and for those that they care about.  If depressive behavior begins in a loved one, find the true source behind it.  Talk it out.  Nip it off at the bud.  Don’t blame outside causes that you can’t control.  Please, please avoid the impulse to contract out the litigious sleezeballs in this country to start a frivolous law suit trying to gain some lame sort of retribution from those that provide the escape.

Addiction comes in many forms.  There is no disputing that there are those that are addicted to video games but the game itself is rarely the reason.  Take the time to figure out the real one.