Category Archives: Games

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Javascript Function Overload Primer Tutorial

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Today’s blog posting, long in the making, is about Javascript’s function override (or overload) capabilities. We’ve spoken about this before in relation to C++ or Java with these tutorials. So let’s do a simple example first. Take the Javascript global … Continue reading →

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Suffix Ology Primer Tutorial

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A lot of nouns in English related to “the study of” have the suffix “ology”. So, today, we team up the wonderful list of mainly scientific nouns that have a suffix of “ology” (thanks) with the HTML canvas element as … Continue reading →

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English Expressions and Idioms Game Primer Tutorial

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Advanced ESL students are on the lookout for ways to “turbo charge” their improvement of English by being able to understand some of the English Expressions and Idioms an English native speaker is quite likely to take for granted … … Continue reading →

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English Phrasal Verb Game Primer Tutorial

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That’s three different sources now that have told us that Phrasal verbs, in English, are about the hardest issue for early learners of English, as there is no real pattern to why they are the way they are. The three … Continue reading →

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HTML/Javascript Canvas Arithmetic Keyboard Game Tutorial

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Perhaps you were around when we presented HTML/Javascript Canvas Chalkboard Game Tutorial quite some time back. It was an arithmetic tester with degrees of difficulty. Today we add to the functionality of this mathematical game by adding a default new … Continue reading →

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PHP City Guess Country Game Primer Tutorial

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There is no end to the variety of web applications you can do by seeing what free information is out there, but please don’t disrepect the sources of that information. The source for our information today is the excellent XML … Continue reading →

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HTML/Javascript English Collective Noun Game Tutorial

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Today we have a game to test your knowledge of English collective nouns, and we invite you to play with another player, and add your own, maybe while they aren’t looking?! (Hint: Try the middle Dot). Today’s data source inspirations … Continue reading →

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HTML/Javascript Canvas Four Deck Card Game Tutorial

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We were amused recently with a story about bridge players getting into trouble with being in possession of more than 120 playing cards. We’ve designed today a game where you can deal with up to 4 decks of cards, online, … Continue reading →

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