Holiday De-Stressing Aide
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Weenerlobo | Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:14 am     If you're looking for something to make you laugh and forget about being double-parked at the mall, go here Elf Bowling and play Elf Bowling. If you like that, go to Games and download Elf Bowling 2. And if ya like that, Elf Bowling 3 is due later on this season!
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Weenerlobo | Friday, November 22, 2002 - 07:58 am     Awwww you guys are really missin out on these Elves! Try it, You'll Like it! |
Fruitbat | Friday, November 22, 2002 - 08:18 am     The biggest de-stressing aide I know is to not invite your family.  |
Weenerlobo | Friday, November 22, 2002 - 08:30 am     LOL - truer words were never spoken! |
Draheid | Friday, November 22, 2002 - 08:58 am     While I will agree that these games can be entertaining, they are IMO a bit much for my children to play. However, I feel compelled to warn anyone that wants to play these, that both of these programs will attempt to access the internet and possibly pass information back to the creator's website. I do not know the nature of the information, just that my firewall notified me that both programs were attempting to gain access. I instructed the firewall not to allow access and both games appeared to still be playable. FWIW! |
Weenerlobo | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 11:43 am     Draheid - OH NO! Thanks for the warning. I've never had any resultant problems with these games, but it's good that you're on the ball. |
Sia | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 03:48 pm     I think the elf-bowling game isn't compatible with WinXP. I tried to download it. No luck. |
Jagger | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 04:23 pm     Sia I have windows xp and I was able to download it and play. I did about as good cyber bowling as I do in normal bowling. |
Sia | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 09:14 pm     Hmm, Jagger. Thanks for the post. I will try again. I do hate spy-ware, though, and it sounded like the elf bowling embeds spyware as it downloads. I run Ad-aware before playing anything I download, however. Does anyone know how to get around those pesky limits on downloadable games? I have downloaded some really fun stuff from zone.msn, but they are only playable for 10 or 15 times, then you have to pay $20 to $30 to buy the game. I have tried deleting them and downloading them again, but somehow my system is recognized and I can't play the game any more!! Clearing the cache doesn't seem to be enough in this case. Is this ethical or moral? Any legal help/advice appreciated. Thanks. I just wanna have fun!! |
Sia | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 10:37 pm     Elf Bowling is fun!! I love that the little guys' pants get knocked right down, baring their cute little tushies. Has anyone flattened a rabbit yet with a bowling bowl? I have, and a bird comes and swoops down on it, carrying it off! Does the deer ever cross the bowling lane? Woe to him if he does! Draheid, is it enough to run Ad-aware before playing the game? I did this and it removed the one new recognized element. Is there another program I can download for removing spyware that is even more thorough? Thanks! |
Weenerlobo | Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 05:30 am     Sia - I'm glad you like it! Elf Bowling 2 is shuffleboard on a cruise ship and is also very fun - more jokes and silly things going on. |
Draheid | Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 09:01 am     Sia, if you don't already have one, I would strongly urge you to download and install a firewall program. This will keep programs from accessing the internet without your explicit permission. Zone Labs offers a free version of their Zone Alarm firewall which is what I use and highly recommend. (I have the 'Pro' version which you have to pay for because of my specific needs.) I have installed the free version on many computers for friends and family and it works very well. It might be a little annoying at first because you'll have to grant the programs you do use permission to access the internet the first time (Make sure when granting permission, you check the box to 'Remember this'). Once you've gone through everything you do use, anything else trying to gain access can be easily denied (the denied can be 'remembered' also'). Hope this helps. |
Sia | Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 11:27 pm     Thanks, Draheid. I waited until the LAST possible moment and renewed my subscription on-line for Norton Internet Security. I run my firewall constantly. Tonight I've been getting pinged a lot from the same address. It's so annoying, as it interrupts what I'm doing. Before buying the new p.c. I used ZoneAlarm on my old one; I loved ZoneAlarm, though I never did figure out how to look at my log! My hubby played elf bowling last night when he came home from work; he liked it, too! |
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