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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Spaceflight Simulator’
Have you ever wanted to go to space? Maybe build a rocket and call yourself a rocket scientist? Maybe you’re just curious and want to strap some random parts together, call it a rocket and see how far it makes it off the ground before it explodes in a fiery mess.
Well, in “Spaceflight Simulator” you can do all of those things right in our very own solar system.
In “Spaceflight Simulator,” you are given the task of building a rocket to explore space. The caveat is that you must build the rocket based on your own designs, which most of the time … aren’t great. You can build a rocket that is a straight tube-like design like a Saturn rocket or you can make some interesting rockets that look like they would make almost no sense on paper.
The game uses realistic rocket physics, so if it doesn’t make sense, it most likely won’t, you know … go. Your goal each time you launch your rocket is to see how far you can get. The game features realistically scaled planets and orbital mechanics and has some cool celestial bodies to visit like the Moon and Mars. What’s more, when you do successfully reach orbit on a planet, depending on what you packed into your rocket, you can land on the planet in either a capsule or a rover.
“Spaceflight Simulator” is truly unique and simple, and hopefully will give some of the spaceheads out there a fun experience as they literally “shoot for the stars.”
“Spaceflight Simulator” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores.
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From Zoom to Quibi, the tech winners and losers of 2020
We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home. When it comes to technology, 2020 was a year like no other.
Here are the year’s tech winners and losers:
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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Fruit Ninja 2’
About a decade ago, when mobile gaming really started to take off, a game called “Fruit Ninja” took the world by storm. It was a great game that showcased the ease of playing on a touchscreen; fruit was thrown in the air and with a swipe of your finger, you could cut it. It was so popular, it was even featured in a “Mythbusters” episode.
Well, it’s back, it’s bigger, it’s juicier – it’s “Fruit Ninja 2.”
“Fruit Ninja 2,” like its predecessor, is just one of those games that’s a joy to play. Even when you someday delete it off your device, you’ll most likely find yourself coming back to it at some point.
“Fruit Ninja 2” doesn’t do a whole lot more than the original game did. Everything is there to have the same fun; it just looks better and has a few new game modes. One of the new notable game modes is called Fruitar Ninja, which is, of course, a reference to the “Guitar Hero” games. It is a rhythm-based game mode that has you slice fruit to the beat of a song; each week there is a new featured song. Fruit is dropped down from above and when it gets to the line, you cut it and it plays the notes to the song. It’s a nice change of pace from the traditional game modes.
What else does “Fruit Ninja 2” have? Well, you can customize your ninja character with outfits and different swords. Plus, you can also play online against friends. It’s that simple, and sometimes, simple is all you need with a video game.
“Fruit Ninja 2” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores!
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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Rogue Company’
Hey console and PC players – I have one for you this week! I’ve given a ton of love to the mobile game world, but from time to time, a free-to-play game pops up on normal gaming platforms … and this is definitely one of the fun ones.
“Rogue Company” is a 4v4 multiplayer title that puts you in the shoes of an elite agent, part of a ragtag company trying to save the world. Taking on a third-person perspective, you hit the arena in a few multiple different game modes, including Team Deathmatch and, favorite of many, Demolition (plant the bomb).There are many different characters to choose from in “Rogue Company,” each with special attributes and abilities. There are certainly some cool ones, like a character named Dima who wears a gold mask with purple LED eyes who specializes in breaching with a grenade launcher. Each character has a small backstory which lets you get to know their background a little bit.
A game of demolition starts you and your squad in a drop ship; this is where you choose your loadout. At the beginning of the first round, you start off with a small amount of cash to get your playstyle started; as you play each round, you make more money, which lets you equip better weapons and abilities. When the round starts, you and your squad drop onto the map and you either plant the bomb or defend it. If you eliminate the entire other team, the round ends. If you are still standing and your team wins, it’s always nice to throw some shade to the other team spectating you by doing a victory dance.
Each round, you only get one life (unless it’s a normal Deathmatch mode). The game is a lot of fun, and it runs smoothly regardless of what you play on. There are certainly cosmetics you can pay real money for in the game, but other than that, the entire experience requires no pennies at all.
“Rogue Company” is free to download on the PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC stores. In the words from the developer: “Save the Day, Look Good, Get Paid.”
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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Retro Bowl’
As the NFL season chugs along, I’ve tried to find more fun football games outside of “Madden Mobile” to pass the time between the weekly slate of games to watch on TV. My latest discovery is not only fun, but might even appeal to those who remember playing a certain football game on their NES back in 1987.
“Retro Bowl” is modeled after the classic “Tecmo Bowl” game. Everything in “Retro Bowl” is based on the NFL, including all 32 teams. The players are all randomly named; however, you can manually change their names to model the players on your favorite NFL team.“Retro Bowl” is simple to play – games only last about five minutes and you can play through an entire season in just a few hours. You only control the offense, as the defense is handled by the computer and tries its best to defend against whatever the other team does. The goal of the game is to take over a team as the manager, making front office decisions and playing games to get your team to the trophy.
In terms of front office decisions, you can draft, make player acquisitions, determine salaries and trades, hire coaches that will give your players extra stats and attributes and even participate in press conferences after games. On the field, you control your offense through passing by dragging back your finger and throwing or by swiping across the screen to outrun the defense as a running back.
That’s really all there is to “Retro Bowl.” The visuals are that nice NES era aesthetic and the music is top notch ‘80s gaming. You might not win the trophy in your team’s first season, but if you’re like me, once you get a few seasons in, you’ll wonder where the time went and you’ll be happy with how much your team has grown.
“Retro Bowl” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores.
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