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Zac Browser brings autistic children into their own digital realm

By Terri Schwartz

Zack didn’t like computers.

At age 3, he was diagnosed with severe autism. His parents decided to send him to a specialized school, where he could get one-on-one attention. It was there that he was first introduced to computers. [...]

In Computers, Downloads, Full Programs, Reviews, Software, Technology on July 1, 2008 with Popularity: 2% [?]
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Download Doomsday and the addons

By John Guilfoil

Doomsday and projects like jDoom have kept the game going well into the 21st century, with support for high resolution graphics and textures, OpenGL, new character models, particle effects, high-quality audio and a whole host of hacks, tweaks, mods and fixes for Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, Hexen and Heretic.
It also brings 16-player multiplayer and [...]

In Doom, Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on May 24, 2008 with Popularity: 7% [?]
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Download the Penny Arcade game demo

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Starting today, the Windows, Mac and Linux demo versions of “Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One” are available for download. [...]

In Downloads, Game Demos, Technology on May 21, 2008 with Popularity: 4% [?]
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Download Doom1.wad

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Very simple. Very basic. Download the Shareware Doom1.wad free from Blast Magazine.

In Doom, Downloads, Levels, Shareware, Technology on April 1, 2008 with Popularity: 12% [?]
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Download the Avencast 1.03 patch

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Lighthouse Interactive and developer ClockStone Software announced Thursday that a new update patch for their fantasy-based action RPG Avencast: Rise of the Mage has been released. [...]

In Downloads, Technology on March 27, 2008 with Popularity: 6% [?]
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WordPress 2.5 RC2 available

By John Guilfoil

The WordPress Development Blog announced Wednesday that the second release candidate for the upcoming WordPress 2.5 is available for immediate download.
The developers also release a video screencast as a sneak peak of what users can expect with 2.5.

“2.5 is coming along thanks to the fantastic feedback you guys provided on RC1 (over 580 pingbacks and [...]

In Computers, Downloads, Full Programs, Previews, Technology on March 26, 2008 with Popularity: 14% [?]
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Download Doom 95

By John Guilfoil

From id: “Doom 95 continues the hyperviolent exploits that propelled the original Doom to infamy. Face the onslaught of demons and specters that populate this terror-filled underworld. Slip a few shells into your shotgun and get ready to kick some demon butt.”
Doom 95 was Doom’s first foray into the native Windows world. It let you [...]

In Doom, Downloads, Game Demos, Programs, Technology on March 22, 2008 with Popularity: 13% [?]
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The Old Shoebox: Download Bio Menace

By John Guilfoil

In December 2005, Apogee/3D Realms released the classic side-scrolling action game Bio Menace as a freeware “Christmas present” for its customers and loyal fans.
At that time, the game had floundered around incompatibility issues and relative obscurity — DOSBox wasn’t a big deal yet.

The game is built on the Commander Keen 2D engine and designed as [...]

In Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on March 22, 2008 with Popularity: 12% [?]
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The Old Shoebox: Links: The Challenge of Golf

By John Guilfoil

One of the best computer golf games is still Links LS 98 and subsiquent versions for Windows, released 11 years ago by Access Software.
Access made some very good games in the 80s and 90s, including the Tex Murphy series, before they lost their identity — and eventually their existance.
Links: The Challenge of Golf was released in 1990 [...]

In Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Technology, The Old Shoebox on March 11, 2008 with Popularity: 11% [?]
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The Old Shoebox: Heretic shareware

By John Guilfoil

Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everything else in those days, by GT Interactive in 1994.
Heretic introduced ambient noise — evil laughter and such — that was random, as [...]

In Downloads, Retro, Shareware, Technology, The Old Shoebox on March 3, 2008 with Popularity: 9% [?]
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