Holyday Games - Give Yourself This Incredible Gift
2009-09-25
With the holidays here, who has time for games? The answer is that maybe a game is exactly what you need to distract yourself for a little while so you can jump back into all of that shopping, cooking and entertaining. In this season of giving, give yourself a break and relax a little bit with a casual game.

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Casual game play, as you might expect, is casual. Games are usually straightforward with simple rules and easy to master controls. They require the player to complete simple tasks to progress through the levels. 'Collecting', 'matching' and 'lining up' are common instructions when it comes to this kind of game. There is little intensity, speed or pressure. Casual gaming is gaming as relaxation rather than gaming as a sport- games you can really enjoy.

That is not to say that Casual Gaming is not challenging. Most games are difficult to master. That is what makes them so addictive. It is easy to get started because there are few rules to follow. But after you finish a couple of easy levels you find yourself in any number of tricky situations. The Casual space often includes card games...

S&P Picks and Pans: Cisco, AT&T, FedEx, AmeriTrade, Garmin
2009-09-18
S&P REITERATES HOLD OPINION ON SHARES OF CISCO SYSTEMS

CSCO; $29.88
Board authorizes an additional $10 billion in stock repurchases, which increases the total authorized program amount to $62 billion. With an average purchase price of $19.89 since its inception in September, 2001, a more than 30% discount to the $30 level the stock trades at currently, we view the buyback program as largely shareholder friendly. However, we note that only about 43% of the total 2.3 billion shares repurchased since program inception yielded a reduced share count, reflecting mainly the issuance of stock option grants. Based on P/E analysis, we keep our 12-month target price at $33. /A. Bensinger S&P MAINTAINS STRONG BUY OPINION ON AT&T SHARES

T; $39.37
AT&T has completed its cash-based acquisition of rural roaming partner Dobson Communications, ahead of the year-end closing we had expected. AT&T plans to complete the rebranding effort by mid-2008. While the deal should add only 2.5% more wireless customers to AT&T's base, we see the company reaping benefits from reduced roaming costs and improved churn. We look for AT&T to expand its operating margin in 2008 on greater efficiencies in both its wireless and wireline segment...

Metroid Prime Trilogy Unlockables Dust Off Nintendo History, Detours
2009-09-12
PS3 Slims. World of Warcraft expansions. Is there any news for the Wii gamer these days? A copy of Metroid Prime: Trilogy arrived in the office this week. I've had little time to investigate it, but did discover this.
The unlocks screen for this compilation of the three Metroid Prime games released across the GameCube and Wii doesn't appear to offer anything that the series hasn't offered before. I couldn't find a way to unlock, say a new trailer for Metroid Other M or a documentary about the long lost Metroid Dread. Such things not only don't seem to be on this disc; perhaps they don't exist.
But what is on the disc, in addition to the three games, is some unlockable content that recalls some important history. As you see in the shot above, Trilogy adopts the currency-based unlock system introduced in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The system involves the player earning credits for completing various activities while playing the games and then cashing them in on the unlocks (In an innovative twist I haven't seen other games try since Corruption, you can send your credits to other players so they can use them.)
What I found interesting about Trilogy's unlock menu is how it offers a ...