Monthly Archives: April 2009

Imperial Ages, A Browser Game To Kill Some Time

They’ve been around the block for some time now and they can be played from anywhere, as long as you have an Internet connection and a browser. Browser games of the persistent type take months to finish or don’t end at all.

ImperialAges.com is such a game. It’s a strategy game set in the medieval ages, that can be played with only a browser. It restarts every 12 months and there is always a server open for new registrations.

Imperial Ages is a persistent browser-based game (PBBG), set in the Medieval Ages. You only need a browser and an Internet connection to play it, and you can train or fight against 120 types of military units, from 4 different civilizations.

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Print Your Own Books With Lulu.com

lulu Lulu.com is a site that allows you to publish and sell your own books. I’m talking about paper based books here, not eBooks. It’s pretty simple actually. You upload the manuscript or the photos to their site, you use their tools to format the book the way you want it and you’re done. You can order just one book for you to have or you can sell it in their marketplace. You can even get your own ISBN and publish it in book stores from other countries (if it’s good enough).

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I’ll give you one example. I have a small manuscript (150 pages) written by my grandfather that I want turned into a real book, as a gift for my mother. I upload the file to the site, design the covers and I have two options that I need to choose from.

Here are the two variants that I want to choose from and the prices/book:

Paperback, with Standard paper, Black & White, A5 size, Perfect Bound binding, 150 pages – it will cost me $7.50 per book for a 10 books order.

Hardcover, with Standard paper, Black & White, US Trade size, Casewrap binding, 150 pages – it will cost me $20 per book for a 5 book order.

As you can see, you can go for the cheap paperback or for the better looking hardcover. If you order at least 25 books, the price goes down. Instead of $7.50, the paperback from my example would cost $6.10 per book for an order of at least 25 books.

Buy Old Games At Low Prices From Good Old Games

GOG (Good Old Games) is a place where you can buy legally, old games, at prices smaller than $10. For this money you get a game that is DRM free and XP & Vista compatible, that you can install and play as many times as you like.

Some of the games that you can buy:

  • Price of Persia: The Sands Of Time for $9.99,
  • Beyond Good & Evil for $9.99,
  • Septerra Core: Legacy Of The Creator for $5.99
  • Fallout and Fallout 2 for $5.99 each

If you’re feeling nostalgic and you want to play some of the games of your youth, this is the site to visit.

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