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Microsoft Flight - the most advanced simulator from Microsoft

Frostech — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:00:42 +0000

After a very long-time, Microsoft Studios is back with a major uplift of the Flight Simulator series, the Microsoft Flight. This time around, the game is free and very well integrates with games for Windows Life.

Developed by Microsoft Studios, Flight is one of the best in the simulator series and does the job really well. Instead of the boring environment, this time around the developers have incorporated the beautiful scenic locales of Hawaii. Allowing users to hover around the beautiful beaches and the likes.

Initially, players will be blessed with two aircrafts, namely, the Icon A5 and Stearman. Both of them have a unique feel to their flight. While the Icon is smooth and easy, the Stearman is more of a stiff challenge, especially during takeoffs due to the high-torque range of the propeller.

Right now the free content of Microsoft Flight can be divided into a missions, challenges, and the very popular free-flight mode. Players can also hunt for aerocaches (like an airborne scavenger hunt) or look on a local airfield's job board to provide scenic tours of Hawaii or perform cargo runs. The modes are expansive, but playing the game and getting through with the jobs is very easy and not time consuming at all. These missions also include short tutorial missions on the whole, providing players with the basics to fly, land, and take-off.

The game boasts of some major in-app purchases of different sets of flights, but regular players can enjoy it without any in-app purchases and play to their hearts content. Overall, it's a great simulation game with up-to-date graphics and a slick user-interface on the whole. Microsoft Flight is a must have for old-time fans, as well as newbie pilots. Fly on!

Pucca's Restaurant - build up your restaurant and become a master chef

Valerie — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:00:50 +0000

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Pucca's Restaurant is one of those game that's so hard to put down. Not only does it feature a familiar (and quite popular) character, it also incorporates great gameplay to the mix.

The game puts you in the shoes of a cute little Korean girl who is aspiring to become one of the best chefs around. You start off as a mere underling and have to work your way up the ladder in a 5-star restaurant. You can slowly reach your goal by keeping customers happy and serving them great dishes.

Like most sim games, this one provides tons of fun features. Worth checking out if you'd like something to get busy with during your spare time.

If you're wondering where you've seen Pucca before, she's actually the face of Korean company Vooz. Co. Ltd, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. Originally meant as an animated e-card only, her popularity soared and now she's featured in animated cartoons, books, video games and so much more.

As for the game, Pucca's Restaurant is a lot like Restaurant City. It starts off by showing you the basics: how to prepare the dishes, how to serve them to your customers etc. As you progress, things start becoming a little more complicated. Since you're the chef, you need to create up to 50 different dishes to serve to your customers. At the same time, you need to make sure that your restaurant is as appealing as your cuisine. Things like decor, chairs, tables and more, would greatly matter in keeping your customers happy.

There's a very nice element of reality to the game. You can interact with fellow gamers online while managing your restaurant. The stoves in the kitchen cook in real time too. So you have to make sure dishes are served to customers right away otherwise they'll spoil and gather flies. There's a good list of meals to choose from. Mastering every single recipe is a part of your goal in order to become a master chef. Apart from all that, you also need to hire staff to keep your restaurant going.

Whew, talk about a handful of things to do! However, that's what's fun about the game. If you love a good challenge; this is one game to consider. Overall, Pucca's Restaurant is very entertaining. It has everything you would come to expect from a sim game and more. The best part is that you won't have to shell out any cash for it.

Dusty - free smoke simulation 3D software

Valerie — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:01 +0000

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If you ever wondered how smoke behaves during any particular scenario, then you could definitely benefit from having Dusty in your computer. Now, I know you're probably scratching your head and asking yourself, "what do I need a smoke simulator for?" Well, for one, it's helpful if you're an animator, game developer or artist and you want to realistically portray how smoke would flow when a fire is lit up.

The program is available for download on Windows but there's also a Mac version. The algorithm is based on the Stable Fluids Algorithm created by Jos Stam.

The program is designed to simulate fire and smoke in real time. Even though it might seem like a useless software for many people, it's a helpful program that can help artists, 3D renderers and even those who are in the law enforcement to map down how a fire started and spread throughout. Artists can also easily recreate the flow of smoke in their own projects etc.

The program is easy to use. You can control and place obstacles found in any natural setting and it will show how the fire or smoke flows in a realistic way. It was created using the TEKlib and FLTK Toolkit. It's definitely a cool program to try out if you need something that will help explain the fire and smoke flow. It's a simple software that is certainly helpful.