“Having a Ball” is an Android game released by Fiddly Bits Software, a company that published two games previously for iOS (“1943: Carrier Pilot” and “Torpedo Away!”). It is a platform game that has some elements from other games such as PapiJump or Doodle Jump. In it you control a […]
The Halloween is right around the corner and one of the main themes for costumes will be zombie decorations. Every year billions of dollars (effectively billions) are spent on costumes, with the goal of being the most spooky looking character at the party (for adults) or in the neighborhood (for trick-or-treat […]
Evel Knievel was the most notable American daredevil as throughout his life he did over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, most of them successful. His audience was ecstatic each time he organized a show and he was risking his life as Roman gladiator to please the crowds. Judging by the fact that […]
Released in 1996, ‘Diablo’ is one of the first true popular action role-playing video games. It was a hit when he was released and caused distress among my college friends (and me) as we were playing instead of learning. ‘Diablo’ was set in a fictional kingdom of Khanduras and you controlled […]
Everyone has an appetite for alien stories, games and movies as it is the only thing that tickle our brains with the question ‘Are we alone in the Universe?’. A question I hope to get an answer before I meet my end. I’m pretty sure that given the billions of planets […]
Board games are one of the oldest methods of recreation ever invented. ‘Senet’ was the name of a surprisingly complex board game invented by the Egyptians and archaeologists place it around 3500 BC. That’s well over 5000 years ago and board games are here to stay, even with the advancement of […]
Air traffic controllers are those trained professionals keeping air traffic safe by managing the flow of airplanes in such a manner that they’re never too close to each other and always sent fast to their destination. They have one of the most stressful jobs in the world and in order to […]
Once upon a time, during the reign of King Krakus, a fire-breathing dragon lived in a cave near the Vistula River in Krakow (capital of modern day Poland). The Wawel Dragon was an evil creature, every day it was ravaging the countryside killing its inhabitants, destroying their houses and eating their […]
When most of us hear about currency we think money, because we wrongfully associate currency with money. However, these 2 notions are quite different. Currencies are elements used in an exchange system to obtain something else. They are a system to transfer value from one place to another. The people of […]
In technical terms memory is a process through which your mind transforms external stimuli into storable information that can be later retrieved. The sound of ‘Honey, don’t forget the milk’ is encoded by your ears and stored up to the point where you remember it in the supermarket. Or you don’t […]
