King's Quest On TV

info@theflexshow.com (Jeffry Houser and John Wilker) — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:52:00 -0400

Go Here This is just wrong on so many levels. This TV show talks about the King's Quest series, but uses screenshots from the fan-made remakes. It also claims that KQ9 is an official sequel. It isn't, and Vivendi (who now owns Sierra) tried to shut it down. Eventually they gave htem permission to create / release the game as long as they don't use the name King's Quest. (I think they can still use characters, etc.. ). The remake of KQ1 and refactor of KQIIare also legally licensed from Vivendi. ( I'm not sure about KQ3, which I'm playing right now and am rather enjoying)

MSZone.com Game Statistics

info@theflexshow.com (Jeffry Houser and John Wilker) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:25:00 -0400

I kept track of how often I play the "MS Zone.com" games that come w/ Windows XP, and what the results were. For those that don't know, these are on-line games (Checkers, Backgammon, Reversi) where you play with a random player. They are similar in concept to the yahoo games, except you can't communicate w/ the other player other than a handful of presets. I noticed that a lot of games appeared to go unfinished, and it was frustrating when that happens. I suspect that people just quit, or click "find new player" when they start to lose. I wanted to know how many games are quit early and how many are completed properly. For a game to complete properly, one user must win, lose, or resign. I tracked my stats in October for Backgammon and Checkers. I never got around to setting up the Reversi connection. BackGammon: Games Played: 48
White: 23
Brown: 21
Percentage White: 47.92%
Percentage Brown: 43.75%
Wins: 13
Losses: 6
Ended Properly: 19
Ended Properly %: 12.50%
Ended Improperly: 26
Ended Improperly %: 54.17%
Bad Connection: 3
Bad Connection %: 6.25%
Total Rounds: 100
Average Rounds Per Game: 2.083333333
I, personally, did not quit any backgammon games. I believe that the high rate of improper ended games here is because many people will quit after a single round, but most games do not end at the first round. The reason the percentage of white games vs percentage of brown games is not 100% is that some games ended w/ a bad connection before I found out which color I was. I did have one backgammon oddity. In one game, at the start of the second round, I was given the opportunity to move my pips backwards. Something went screwy somewhere in the programming. I had never seen that before. Onto Checks: Games Played: 113
Red: 57
White: 57
Percentage Red: 48.67%
Percentage White: 48.67%
Wins: 51
Losses: 12
Draw: 3
Ended Properly: 66
Ended Properly %: 58.41%
Ended Improperly: 43
Ended Improperly %: 38.05%
Bad Connection: 4
Bad Connection %: 3.54%
I was expecting a lot more "ended improperly" games w/ checkers. But, still 38% is a lot of games to just end w/o finishing them. There were 6 games out of the group that I quit. That was because the other user was unresponsive. Most of the times I'll wait at least a minute before quitting myself. I think part of the problem w/ improper game endings is that there is no repercussions if they quit. It isn't like Yahoo Games, where you have an overall score, and if you leave, you lose when your opponent force quits. It's kind of like the good people who steal your TV after the town floods. They won't get caught, so bad things are now okay. T says I reached a new level of geekdom.

Wolfenstein 3D in Flash

info@theflexshow.com (Jeffry Houser and John Wilker) — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:30:00 -0400

This is impressive: http://www.symphonyplanet.com/glenrhodes/wolf/myRay.html [More]

Minesweeper

info@theflexshow.com (Jeffry Houser and John Wilker) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:25:00 -0400

Top Minesweeper score for Expert level: 174 seconds This beats my previous score of 180 seconds. I still have no idea how JK Rowling got as low as 101, but a year ago I couldn't have imagined breaking 300.

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