Games

Perhaps our fate is sealed at Download Squad. Perhaps if you avert your eyes now you can save yourselves. Abandon all hope ye who read past this point, and know, yea verily, that while the weather stinks here, the company is diverse and you’re bound to find someone you have something in common with.

The Ubuntu Satanic Edition is Linux for the damned. You don’t have to be damned to use it (well, we’re using it, and we’ve been telling ourselves this). The best thing is that it is so well designed and configuration is so well documented, you won’t even need to use naughty words in the installation process. (We do advise, to get the most out of your hellish computing experience, that you follow the configuration guide. Some of it is very obvious, some of it isn’t.)

Unlike the (now on temporary hiatus) Ubuntu Christian Edition and (active) Ubuntu Muslim Edition, which both have religion-specific applications, the Satanic Edition is simply a collection of themes, wallpapers (some NSFW), sound effects and splash screens. We suppose that’s fine, as we really don’t want any Satanic applications on our computers, although we’re pretty sure someone will comment on the true nature of OEM installs of certain software that comes pre-installed on many computers. We didn’t say it, though, okay?

Ubuntu Satanic Edition is visually quite stunning. We mean this in a good way. The artwork is very professional looking, the themes render well (and there are hints for making them work better with applications that have issues with dark themes), and the screen savers and bootsplash screens work without issue. There are even Beryl Skydomes especially for this edition.

Ubuntu Satanic Edition can be optimized for wide screens, and can be uninstalled, should you have complaints from co-workers, loved ones, or just feel really creeped out. It’ll install happily on Hardy, Feisty, Gutsy or Edgy in either the 32- or 64-bit varieties (PPC does have a few components missing). There are guides for installing and configuring both Ubuntu and Kubuntu. There are also several additional themes for Emerald, icon themes, and other assorted goodies that are not “officially” part of the Satantic Edition.

The version number of the Satanic Edition? Duh, 666.4, of course.

[via Aditya Kavoor's blog]

Do you know those cool art spinning booths at festivals and carnivals? Of course you do, they’re awesomesauce aren’t they?

Well now thanks to CosmicPainter from garageCube you can bring that to your Mac OSX desktop, minus the carnies and smell of funnel cake (booooo).

CosmicPainter lets you make designs from different pre-set shapes and colors, as well as from other images you already have on your computer. You can really dig in with the shading and depth choices on the pallette and make some really rad shapes and designs.

Why would you want to use this? Because it’s hella fun and free.

We sat in front of this thing for hours and got completely lost. But Chris Pirillo, the tipster who sent this in to us, warned us that we’d get sucked in…and we’re pretty sure you will too.

[via chris pirillo]

If your blog is looking a bit lonely why not get it a pet to keep it company? There are many sites that specialize in the creation of these Tamogotchi like characters but one site that caught our attention was doll-doll because instead of animals the creators decided to make them like little people.

Once you’ve selected a doll, customized and name it, you then copy a line of code containing your doll’s information to your blog. From there, your little doll will live on your site. And like Tamogotchis of the past, you are responsible for it’s well being by making sure you feed it regularly. If you slack off in caring for your doll, it may die.

Visitors to your site can also play with your doll and kill it as well (usually by giving it bad food). But unless you are the owner of the doll, death by visitors isn’t permanent.

This is probably a good thing as you can imagine how many drive by killings might occur.

Arrange many-colored balls into combos in the shade of the lofty pagoda in this exciting puzzle game. Put every ball into a combo while they try to roll away and fall down in a realistic environment. Make use of stone walls and plates, bonus balls and nature forces such as wind and gravity. Nice graphics and effects, realistic physics, smooth oriental-style music, three game modes (Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle), Worldwide Hall of Fame and much more.

Arrange many-colored balls into combos in the shade of the lofty pagoda in this exciting puzzle game. Put every ball into a combo while they try to roll away and fall down in a realistic environment. Make use of stone walls and plates, bonus balls and nature forces such as wind and gravity. Nice graphics and effects, realistic physics, smooth oriental-style music, three game modes (Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle), Worldwide Hall of Fame and much more.

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The “Mad Bomber” has escaped jail, and he is dropping bombs everywhere in the city. Use your buckets to put off his falling bombs and save your building.Prepare your reflexes, coordination and agility, and always remember, he hates losing as much as you love winning.game.Use your mouse to move your buckets right and left to catch the falling bomb. This is a recreation of the 1981 Atari 2600 video.

The “Mad Bomber” has escaped jail, and he is dropping bombs everywhere in the city. Use your buckets to put off his falling bombs and save your building.Prepare your reflexes, coordination and agility, and always remember, he hates losing as much as you love winning.game.Use your mouse to move your buckets right and left to catch the falling bomb. This is a recreation of the 1981 Atari 2600 video.

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Sometimes you just want to unwind with a simple flash game. Nothing overly complicated and to involved, just a simple one mouse click game. And Ferry Halim of Orisinal fame has created such a game called Sunny Day Sky.

The goal of the game is to simply glide from car to car using your umbrella . And the only control given is a click of your mouse button to open and close the umbrella. Points are given for the number of cars that can be passed and of course the more you pass in a single jump the higher the points.

The graphics and the colors used gives the game a very soft and inviting feel to it. The music reminds us of the Happy Working Song from Disney’s Enchanted (not that we listen to the soundtrack here or anything like that).

So if you’re just looking for a simple one click game to zone out with, give Sunny Day Sky a shot.

When we were kids, the best thing about getting a package in the mail was the bubble wrap that came in the box. Now that we’re a bit older, and we can appreciate everything else that comes along with the bubble wrap, it doesn’t mean we don’t still get a kick out of finding every last little bubble to pop. Now, if you want to get your hands on some bubble wrap, you don’t have to wait until your next package arrives. Any time you feel the itch to pop, just go here.

Pop the virtual bubbles at the click of a mouse, or go into Manic Mode, and just have at it, swinging your mouse all over the screen. We do feel we ought to warn you though, when you click the “Fresh Sheet” button, watch out for the recording. You’ll want to keep your volume turned down because it doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with an innocent sheet of bubble wrap. You’ll see what we mean.

We know the novelty of this will probably wear off pretty quickly, so it might not qualify for more than 5 minutes worth of wasting time, but it definitely deserves a mention.

AlterJig is a tile jigsaw puzzle game. You select one of several graphics supplied with the game or create your own puzzle from any bitmap. When you select “new game”, AlterJig scrambles the puzzle and challenges you to restore the picture by rotating groups of four tiles to get the tiles back to their proper position. Tile rotation is controlled by left and right mouse buttons. It sounds easier to solve than it is. There is a brief help file, but the demo mode helps you understand the game, which is pretty self-explanatory.

AlterJig is a tile jigsaw puzzle game. You select one of several graphics supplied with the game or create your own puzzle from any bitmap. When you select “new game”, AlterJig scrambles the puzzle and challenges you to restore the picture by rotating groups of four tiles to get the tiles back to their proper position. Tile rotation is controlled by left and right mouse buttons. It sounds easier to solve than it is. There is a brief help file, but the demo mode helps you understand the game, which is pretty self-explanatory.

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Miniature Golf has never been so much fun! Minigolf Mania takes you and up to three friends from the traditional Golden Hills to the fiery pools of Lava Islands. Expect the unexpected as special course items threaten to throw your ball off mark. Booster Beams blast you in different directions; Super Jumps launch you in the air; Super Grow makes your ball gigantic; and more creative power ups help or hinder your path to the cup.

Four game types and 42 different balls with unique abilities add to the fun. Nothing in Minigolf is free though, you will need to complete challenges throughout the courses to unlock them. Track your scores in the Online Top Scores Tables to compete with opponents worldwide!

Miniature Golf has never been so much fun! Minigolf Mania takes you and up to three friends from the traditional Golden Hills to the fiery pools of Lava Islands. Expect the unexpected as special course items threaten to throw your ball off mark. Booster Beams blast you in different directions; Super Jumps launch you in the air; Super Grow makes your ball gigantic; and more creative power ups help or hinder your path to the cup.

Four game types and 42 different balls with unique abilities add to the fun. Nothing in Minigolf is free though, you will need to complete challenges throughout the courses to unlock them. Track your scores in the Online Top Scores Tables to compete with opponents worldwide!

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The email subject line. The bane of our existence. Back when Download Squad was just a wee little blog, we used to communicate the old fashioned way, by sending letters in the mail and waiting a week for them to arrive. It may not have been the most efficient way to keep in touch, but at least we didn’t have to write subject lines.

Fortunately, Yahoo! has a hidden feature designed for the creativity-challenged. Can’t come up with a clever or appropriate subject line for that email you’re about to send? Just hit the subject button in the new version of Yahoo! Mail. Yahoo! will throw in a quote, funny phrase, or who know’s what?

Here are just a few of the things that we found. Keep in mind, somebody must have taken the time to actually type these in there.

• Do you use them for good, or for awesome?
• I’m out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
• Hazards of storing plutonium in Tupperware
• Why does Chinese food always taste better in front of a computer?
• Fwd: Re: FW[2]: RE: re: [FWD] joke

[via Lifehacker and WebWare]