I was on the .Mac site several days ago, trying to see what freebies might help defray the $100 they received from me last September. It doesn’t look very hopeful. There was this puzzle game that was free, so I downloaded it. Luckily, my wife loves jigsaw puzzles, so that was a hit with her. There was also this demo of Nanosaur II: Hatching, from Pangea Software.

It was a fun demo, and there is a discount for .Mac members. So, I figured what the heck and went for it. I think they have me figured out; I will end up spending hundreds of dollars to get discounts that will only partially defray the cost of the .Mac service.

This is a pretty cool game. The graphics are really impressive. It can apparently be played in 3D, though I think my Lasik surgery has forever ruined my capacity for this, just like binoculars and microscopes. I am a gaming novice at best, but I can say that the quality of the graphics and the accuracy of the flight motions is pretty impressive.

Of course, this also means that I am nowhere near as far in my books as I had hoped for the week… 8^)