If you upgraded and do not want to go hunt down the newest flash player for firefox, cause the MD5 checksums on the install fail.  Here it is.

Flash Player 9

The engine supporting the game is entirely original in code & design, and its code is Open Source (ZLIB license, read the docs for more on how you can use the engine).

An interesting read if your into the game making scene..

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Having worked with PHP for what I feel I can call many years now; a few determinations have come to me. I can argue the abilities and the pitfalls of PHP on just about every aspect from both points of view. Yes, php is loose and should not be used as a application language because of this, and yes php distributions from x.x.1 to x.x.2 may break your code entirely. These are points that are absolutely correct.

On the flip side… this is true of any language. PHP to me is only as good as the developer that is writing it. To prove the point, I can write you some code in C# that would make your eyes bleed and say what the hell were you thinking. The point being, C is not the fault in the equation, but the developers ability is.

I think PHP in general is a razors edge, because it’s so loose, it’s easy to go way overboard and utilize it for procedures that it has no business doing. I also believe that it is stable and worthy enough to manage many of the application tasks asked of it today without issue, “PROVIDED YOU CODE IT CORRECTLY”.

For the fans of movie “Lord Of The Rings”; Director Peter Jackson has resolved his issues with New Line Cinema and has agreed to continue with the future 2 prequals of “The Hobbit”; scheduled for release in 2010, 2011.