Sundays are for baking something. Inspired by one of the articles below, maybe donuts? Find out which article by reading on through a roundup of some of the best articles of the week. At Eurogamer, Chris Bratt has started a new video series called Here’s A Thing, which highlights small, interesting details and facts about games. The second episode, linked here, is about why the creation of each new Civilization game is led by a different designer. Read the rest of this entry » The best free games of the week Free Loaders: Fend off sharks and build nets in Raft You know that bit in Castaway, starring Tom Hanks and Fed Ex, where he’s drifting at sea in a raft and the poor football he’s been absolute best mates with for years and years croaks it in the big blue and floats away with a sad smile? Would you like to relive that moment, except instead of a friendly football your closest friend is a huge shark? And instead of floating away from you he’s travelling towards you at a menacing speed and with a vicious and unstoppable hunger for your flimsy human flesh?

Read the rest of this entry » What are we all playing this weekend? How’s the future working out for you, anyway? It’s a mixed bag all right, isn’t it? Some good, some good. Seems to keep on rolling by itself. We said that about the past too but, y’know, the future is meant to be more futuristic. Still, we are nicely on track for 2018, when the bloodsport of Rollerball is due to be invented. And there’s still a load of cracking stuff in this so-called future, isn’t there? spire laptop backpack timbuk2Go on, tell us: what are you playing this weekend? nootka backpackHere’s what we’re clicking on. gazoo backpack “Content doesn’t stand in the way of content.”mavrik backpack

How Astroneer makes crafting fun This is The Mechanic, where Alex Wiltshire invites developers to discuss the inner workings of their games. This time, Astroneer [official site]. Astroneer is a space game about hoovering up alien materials with a magic gun and listening to them plop into your backpack. And in this Astroneer has cracked something very special in crafting and resource management: it’s actually fun. Developer System Era Software has put a peculiar focus on how resources are presented and how you manipulate them, and at its centre is an idea that’s surprisingly rare in games:wildcraft jazz backpack THE MECHANIC: Resources are physical Read the rest of this entry »targus ascend backpack for 16 inch laptop The Worthiest Reticules Of All Time The 50 Best FPS On PC

So often the bleeding edge of games tech, yet so often fundamentally the same underneath: there’s a reason we can’t get enough of pretend shooting pretend people in their pretend faces. It is a pure test of skill and reflex, a game about movement at least as much as it is about violence, and done right it is absolutely delightful. And hey, sometimes you get a decent gimmick or story thrown into the mix. These are our favourite 50 first-person shooters on PC, from 1993-2017. Your favourite is at number 51. Drunk or Dead is a tequila-soaked VR shooter There’s a smorgasbord of VR games happening right now. Possibly, we are all trying to escape from this repugnant reality. Or maybe there’s just a bubble happening around VR what with all the Silicon Valley Nerds-in-Chiefs pushing their expensive headsets to the masses, encouraging lots of game makers to go and toy with the technology. Not a day goes by without the Steam early access lists filling up with more VRware, leaving me desensitised to the whole thing.

Except when one of them is about downing shots in the midst of a zombie apocalypse and trying to shoot waves of the undead while your in-game vision blurs. They called it Drunk or Dead [Steam page] instead of “Dead Drunk” – the fools! Sims 4 invents awful new stage of human life, ‘toddler’ Discovering the consequences of playing god, the fools behind The Sims 4 [official site] have invented a new stage of human life and this so-called ‘toddler‘ is truly dreadful. These squished children throw temper tantrums, injure themselves, throw things, fall over, demand attention, and have the most ghastly taste in decor. What did Sims players do to deserve this, EA? Simeers, your only chance to avoid this nightmare is to destroy your router and stay forever offline, lest you accidentally install the free Sims 4 update which added toddlers yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.

Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Looking for something great to read? Browse our editors' picks for the best books of the year in fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, children's books, and much more. Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's HandbookDetailsLIHAO 36 PCS Bamboo Knitting Needles Set (18 Sizes From 2.0mm to 10.0mm) FREE Shipping on orders over . DetailsTYH Supplies 20 Skeins Bonbons Yarn Assorted Colors - 100% Acrylic FREE Shipping on orders over . "The percentage of women under forty-five who knit or crochet has doubled since 1996," says Stoller (The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order), co-founder of the Stitch 'n Bitch circle in New York, and this slightly offensive, sassy guide-which could easily have been subtitled 'The Bad Girls' Guide to Knitting'-will undoubtedly appeal to this new generation of knitters.

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Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 1St Edition edition (September 3, 2004) 8 x 0.8 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) #7,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Needlecrafts & Textile Crafts > Knitting I like the way she told her family's history and connection with their women and knitting. It was interesting how she correlated this to gender bias. I began knitting a few months ago, with the help of a friend; I next took a series of knitting lessons from a knit shop. The author has tried to present the information in a easy simplified style but does not succed at all times. Some parts can still be confusing. I have had this book for years and always turn to it if I have any questions about knitting. It's easy to understand and even is humerous. It was a quick and easy read that helped me figure out things that I had been doing wrong. I bought the crochet book which will hopefully be just as helpful.