Jez Burrows edited this "supercut of video game characters taking a break from solving crime or shooting people to enjoy a meditative minute of miserable weather."
"It's Rain in Games, Part I" (via Waxy)
Enjoy a relaxing half hour compilation of rain scenes in videogames
Rotaboxes is a simple but challenging puzzle game
This peaceful game presents a photograph, broken into squares that have been randomly rotated some multiple of 90 degrees. Your challenge is the click on the boxes to rotate them into their correct orientation. The best strategy seems to be finding squares that you can easily determine need uprighting and then working on the adjacent… READ THE REST
Quake for Apple Watch
You may now run classic first-person shooter Quake on the Apple Watch. Even if it's not much fun to play, it'll be nice to walk around with one's timepiece constantly making slide-racking sounds, zombie moaning noises, clunking grenades, the sound of meat slapping wetly, etc., as the demo loops. Quake 1 port for Apple Watches… READ THE REST
"Gaming the Past" and other guided studies of history
Regardless of your relationship to a syllabus—excited, hostile, or indifferent—"Gaming the Past" is a guide to "explore several arenas of global interaction and conflict through different history-based games," This syllabus is for consummate nerds. Playing these history-based games, according to the syllabus, "will examine issues of representation, public memory, and the pedagogical value of interactive… READ THE REST
Cyber Monday Extended: Win big with two copies of The 2 Million Dollar Puzzle for $40
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. This year, instead of giving to others, it's time to think of yourself. You can't be reliant on your goodwill alone to feel fulfilled, and cash can usually fill that void… READ THE REST
It's not too late to score Cyber Monday savings on this refurbished MacBook Air
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Everyone needs a reliable machine for work, pleasure, or whatever else they do on their computer (your business, not ours.) However, with the holidays around the corner, we know cash is tight, and… READ THE REST
Didn't win Powerball? This Black Friday Doorbuster Deal might be your second chance.
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. If you're one of the millions of people who didn't win a Powerball, let us be the first to send our condolences. If you're anything like the rest of us, there's… READ THE REST
