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Ambrosia's Uplink goes universal

Posted May 7th 2008 2:30PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Gaming

Who among us didn't want to start a career in illegal computer hacking after watching the movie Wargames (and who actually did)? You can fulfill your cyber crime fantasies with Uplink, Ambrosia Software's corporate hacking game.

You play as a covert agent hired to gain information from rival companies' computers. As you go, you earn money to upgrade your own equipment, gain deeper access and more.

I only played briefly, but I had fun. Ambrosia released verison 1.6.0 earlier this week, which is a Universal Binary. Other changes include

Updated game content
Toggle fullscreen and change resolutions in-game without restarting Uplink
Various bug fixes and enhancements

If you like DEFCON, another Ambrosia title (we took a look at DEFCON here), you'll probably enjoy Uplink. A single license costs $25US. Uplink requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

Shall we play a game?

Posted Aug 9th 2007 5:00PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Gaming

Earlier today, Ambrosia Software released an update to DEFCON, the online, global thermonuclear war simulator (we first posted about DEFCON in April). It's quite fun - think of a high-tech game of "Risk." You must defend your territory and conquer even more. Changes to version 1.4.3 include:

Improvements when creating games on a LAN
Other game play bugs squashed

Defon costs $25US, is universal and requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or later. A free demo is available for download.

[Via MacMinute]

*I'd like to note that I got the quote in the title correct this time. Thanks, adam.

Would you like to play a game?

Posted Apr 23rd 2007 1:30PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Gaming

Who among us hasn't seen the geeky "Wargames" from 1983? More to the point, who didn't want to play Global Thermonuclear War with Joshua, the lovable hunk of circuitry that teaches us that, "The only winning move is not to play." So true, Joshua. So true.

To learn the lesson for yourself, check out Defcon. It's an online, multiplayer game (you can play solo if you wish as well) that challenges you to outwit your opponents and blow them all to smithereens. After all, what's a little mutually assured destruction among friends?

Defon costs $25US and is available from Ambrosia's website.

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