On my daily commute to my office, my only companion are the various FM radio channels. Most of them were hyping the World Tobacco Day on the 31st of May which included how much a person would have spent if he smokes a few packets to the various health issues. All this was nice until on that same day, where there were a few ads on the same channels sponsored from a tobacco company enticing listeners on their new offerings! Oh what irony!
Battle of Wesnoth Been on the lookout for a free turn based strategy game and chanced upon the Battle of Wesnoth . Despite it being an open source game (meaning, you get the source), it was incredibly polished akin to any of the other turn based strategy game (Alpha Centauri), be it the background score or the graphics or the tutorials. The game itself is set in a period similar to the D&D or nethack era. For the film buffs, if you have read or seen the Lord of the Rings, you would probably be able to relate to the clans that populate the game world. The game play, as with any turn based strategy game requires background information on each of the units that you own, their strengths and weaknesses and a lot of planning (a kin to chess, but with a lot more parameters) where factors like day - night cycles are taken into account (e.g, humans fight well during the day, but the orcs are better during the night). It is encouraged to keep your older units as they gain experience and beco...
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