Egypt
- Trivia: The Xmas Gift For The Egyptomaniac Who Has Everything?
Walyou No matter what technology produces, one form of entertainment will remain timeless. For centuries, board games have held the title of perfect pastime. And, while the games seem perennial in their current form, combining technology with a classic...
- Feature: Sandro Vannini's Photography - Tutankhamun's Senet Game Board
Heritage Key Four Senet boards were found inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun and suggests that the boy king was a keen player of the ancient game. In Ancient Egyptian society, senet was regarded as much more than just a game, however - it was a matter...
- Saturday Trivia
Burger King to open in Egypthttp://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/news/story.phtml?id=5328Look at Egypt, Burger King is on the march: "King Europe GmbH, has signed a development agreement with Hana International Company Limited, a subsidiary of Olayan Financing...
- Trivia
Another poor week for trivia, but I particularly liked this idea: Cultural Feasthttp://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/3373597 I don't report on lectures and seminars because EEF already provide this information and do a better...
- Luxor, An Egyptian-themed Arcade Puzzler
http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=614 Some of the usual Saturday morning trivia for you. This is a computer game with an Egyptian theme, reviewed on the Inside Mac Games website. The reviewer didn't think much of it: "It was honestly...
Egypt
Trivia
A couple of odds and ends of trivia from the last couple of weeks:
Mummy robs bank:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1569756.html
"A bank robber dressed as an Egyptian mummy staged a successful raid on a bank in Vienna. The bandage-clad robber walked into a bank in the Austrian capital and stood in line waiting to be served. He then passed the cashier a piece of paper saying he had a hand grenade hidden in his bandages - and demanded all the money. He then quietly walked out with a bag filled with cash before police could arrive".
Mummy robs bank:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1569756.html
"A bank robber dressed as an Egyptian mummy staged a successful raid on a bank in Vienna. The bandage-clad robber walked into a bank in the Austrian capital and stood in line waiting to be served. He then passed the cashier a piece of paper saying he had a hand grenade hidden in his bandages - and demanded all the money. He then quietly walked out with a bag filled with cash before police could arrive".
The Shadow of Aten:
http://www.gamesasylum.com/showarticle.php?articleID=4427
"The Shadow of Aten isn't due until the last quarter of 2007. That's at least two years away. Yet here we are, with screenshots and information. Ridiculous, isn't it?It's being developed for Xbox 360 and PC by new Spanish sorts Silicon Garage Arts, who seem quite keen to make the game a bit intellectual. It's set in Egypt of the 1930s, and based around the god Aten, the first attempt at monotheism (worshiping just one god, for the benefit of the hard of thinking) by the pharaoh Akhenaten. Various materials will be provided with the game, giving background information on related matters, all endorsed and sponsored by the History Channel and the Louvre.The game itself, we're assured, will 'have non-stop action, suspense, mystery and provide a high degree of entertainment whilst also providing an indepth knowledge of ancient Egypt.' More specifically, free-form combat will feature, as will platforming, puzzles, vehicles and mini-games".
"The Shadow of Aten isn't due until the last quarter of 2007. That's at least two years away. Yet here we are, with screenshots and information. Ridiculous, isn't it?It's being developed for Xbox 360 and PC by new Spanish sorts Silicon Garage Arts, who seem quite keen to make the game a bit intellectual. It's set in Egypt of the 1930s, and based around the god Aten, the first attempt at monotheism (worshiping just one god, for the benefit of the hard of thinking) by the pharaoh Akhenaten. Various materials will be provided with the game, giving background information on related matters, all endorsed and sponsored by the History Channel and the Louvre.The game itself, we're assured, will 'have non-stop action, suspense, mystery and provide a high degree of entertainment whilst also providing an indepth knowledge of ancient Egypt.' More specifically, free-form combat will feature, as will platforming, puzzles, vehicles and mini-games".
- Trivia: The Xmas Gift For The Egyptomaniac Who Has Everything?
Walyou No matter what technology produces, one form of entertainment will remain timeless. For centuries, board games have held the title of perfect pastime. And, while the games seem perennial in their current form, combining technology with a classic...
- Feature: Sandro Vannini's Photography - Tutankhamun's Senet Game Board
Heritage Key Four Senet boards were found inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun and suggests that the boy king was a keen player of the ancient game. In Ancient Egyptian society, senet was regarded as much more than just a game, however - it was a matter...
- Saturday Trivia
Burger King to open in Egypthttp://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/news/story.phtml?id=5328Look at Egypt, Burger King is on the march: "King Europe GmbH, has signed a development agreement with Hana International Company Limited, a subsidiary of Olayan Financing...
- Trivia
Another poor week for trivia, but I particularly liked this idea: Cultural Feasthttp://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/3373597 I don't report on lectures and seminars because EEF already provide this information and do a better...
- Luxor, An Egyptian-themed Arcade Puzzler
http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=614 Some of the usual Saturday morning trivia for you. This is a computer game with an Egyptian theme, reviewed on the Inside Mac Games website. The reviewer didn't think much of it: "It was honestly...