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Archive - May 17, 2004

wired.com: OS X Makes Slow Debut on PC

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 05/17/2004 - 2:00am

Geeks develop an emulator for running Mac OS X on a Windows PC ... albeit very slowly. Read the full story.

Vie for Colonial Domination with Settlers of Catan

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 05/17/2004 - 2:00am

Book Cover Settlers of Catan is one of those games you hear people talk about for years, but somehow never get around to playing. Then when you finally do play it, you wonder why you wasted all that time on sleeping when you could have been playing Settlers.

The premise of the game is simple. Two to four colonists are attempting to settle the virgin land of Catan. They use the natural resources of the island -- wood, grain, wool, bricks and iron -- to forge roads, towns and cities. Each town is worth 1 point, each city is worth 2. The first person to 10 points wins the game.

Contemplating the Dragon, Dungeon Magazine Changes

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 05/17/2004 - 2:00am

Paizo Publishing's announced some major changes to its flagship Dragon and Dungeon magazines. Here are my thoughts on the re-launch.