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DreamQuest's Championship Five Hundred All-Stars is an impressive software package for learning and playing the popular card game Five Hundred. The program's professional layout and helpful extras make this a great place for experts and newcomers alike.

Championship Five Hundred All-Stars gets off to a fast start, thanks to an excellent interface that has a professional-quality layout and design and a genuinely helpful tutorial. This tutorial, an extension of the Help file, is an onscreen coach teaching the finer points of this complicated game, a race to 500 points by making bids and collecting cards to make a … Read more

DreamQuest's 100% Free Hearts Card Game for Windows provides excellent tutorials and smooth game play that make it easy for anyone to enjoy this classic card challenge. Every angle has been considered to make this free game software fun and challenging for newcomers and experts alike.

The program's interface offers the first clue that this is an excellent piece of software, with its professional-looking layout and its fantastic tutorials. The tutorials' text-based instructions lay out every rule, from making a trick and scoring to defending against your opponents. Thanks to this instructional aid, you can jump right into … Read more

Championship Cribbage for Windows offers a great way for newcomers to learn to play this classic card game or for experienced players to hone their skills. With challenging play and some helpful hints for novices, players at all skill levels can make great use of this game software.

The program felt pretty comfortable to us right away, since it features only a few command icons and has a professional-looking graphic design. The interface also provides a smart onscreen tutorial that lays out the strategy and rules of this game in a way that users can easily digest. You can choose … Read more

Championship Euchre for Windows is a great tool for learning the classic card game euchre, and an excellent venue for playing, too. Crisp graphics, challenging play, and several skill levels make this a welcome program for all.

We instantly enjoyed this program's interface, due to its professional graphic design and simple navigation. However, its strongest aspect was the onscreen tutorial. It taught us how to play this four-person card game, including how to make tricks, bids, and what to do with Trump cards. While the rules to euchre are complex, the interface boils things down to a manageable level. … Read more

DreamQuest's 100% Free Gin Card Game for Windows provides all the tips and features necessary to play and win the classic card game Gin. This game software's excellent opponents and tutorials make this a fantastic option for card players.

The program's interface instantly grabs your attention with its cartoonish welcoming graphics and excellent tutorial. This in-game teaching tool teaches you all the rules, from making a meld to when to knock and how to draw cards. The program provides dozens of variously talented opponents, which is a nice touch. We were able to cycle through them quickly … Read more

This last Sunday another installment of the Chase for the Championship series for the 2009 Nascar season took place at Kansas Speedway. This event, the "Price Chopper 400," ended with a crucial win by Tony Stewart that keeps him in the thick of the hunt to capture this year's Sprint Cup. But Tony's not the only one who's on-track action at Kansas made the highlight reel from this year's event. Two accidents happened early in the race that affected several of Nascar's most noteworthy stars. This video clip here shows how it all … Read more

In 2008, FIA Formula One World Championship reintroduced the Singapore Grand Prix to its legions of fans after years of inactivity. Despite this fact, the race that takes place at the scenic Marina Bay in Singapore has a history that dates back to the mid 1960s. In fact, a lot of the appeal of this particular F1 event is its course that runs around the picturesque Marina Bay area vicinity, and also because of its night race that takes place amid the bay's incredible visuals. And with that said, this is the very reason I have selected this particular … Read more

Earlier this week hopefully I whetted your appetite for more sidecar racing action. As I noted in my previous blog this week, over this past Labor Day weekend (September 4-6 2009) international race promotion Superside FIM Sidecar World Championship held its final event of the 2009 season in Le Mans, France. Today's video clip features highlights and breathtaking footage from the qualifying rounds of this year's final Superside event.

I had trouble finding web video footage of the actual final race, I did however find a very high quality video compilation of the qualifiers that took place on … Read more

The other day I saw a cell phone commercial featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Jackson and Jesse James. The sight of Jesse made me think of an episode of his fun little show on Spike TV, "Jesse James is a Dead Man", where he was the co-pilot for a sidecar race where it was as much his responsibility for guiding the vehicle as it was for the guy officially steering the damn thing. (Trust me, these are not the same sidecars you saw in reruns of "Batman" from the 60s - these cars are high tech and … Read more