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Tiny Diggers – An iPad Construction Truck Game for Kids Age 2-5

February 20, 2012 – 12:39 pm | 3 Comments

Tiny Diggers has just been released on the iPad and soon the Mac computer. Here’s the details on this fun, educational game from TouchTilt Games.
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Patch Whiners: An Epidemic

Submitted by on January 9, 2007 – 12:27 pm2 Comments

whiner.jpgIt’s nothing new. It’s been happening as long as I can remember. If you’ve used the internet at all you’ve noticed. Perhaps, you’ve even been part of the problem.

Patch whining.


It happens almost every day for every single patch release for every single game that has a message board. The latest, and personally most annoying, episode seems to be surrounding today’s pre-map-pack Gears of War update. Epic’s list of fixes is pretty extensive. The one that seems to be causing the most controversy is this one:

  • Removed host name from Ranked match server browser

It’s amazing really. The xbox.com Gears of War forums and Epic’s official Gears forums have been inundated with protests regarding this single feature of today’s patch. Read some samples:

“I promise you this… If they remove the Host Name and I have no way to play Gears in Ranked TEAM Matches with [my wife]… The game goes in the trash. I enjoy completing games… Completion Percentage means a good bit to me, especially if I love the games. But if I can’t play the game with in Ranked Matches with my Friends (and Wife) then I am done with the game and all achievements that I haven

  • http://www.farbot.com/ Paul

    I need a glossary. I have no idea what team stacking is, how who’s on a team has to do with a server’s host name (or is the host the player’s name?) Rant translator sought.

  • James

    A whole world unseen, ay P? :-D

    Ranked games are supposed to be random matches, thus if you’re stacked with friends then you’ll apparently have an unfair advantage.

    So, as I said, you can’t easily play ranked matches with friends. Players host a ranked match and then your friends sift through matches for your screen name as host. They join and stack one team with buddies who play often, they would then have a distinct advantage against the random unsuspecting opponents.

    The host name removal off of the server is a great patch, but I still find the online play lacking compared to R6V.