Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates (http://www.winograd.com/) have released Hangman Pro, a new, US$14.95 word game for Mac OS X.
Here’s how the game is described: “Hangman Pro is a colorful, educational, non-violent word-guessing game, with dozens and dozens of built-in categories of words, unlimited custom word lists, hinting, digitized sounds, speech synthesis, timed or relaxed games, photo words, custom menus, a little bit of cultural literacy and a whole lot of fun for the whole family.
“Hangman Pro features 72 categories of words including Anatomy, Animals, Artists, Astronauts, Astronomy, Authors, Baseball Teams, Basketball Teams, Best Actors, Best Actresses, Best Pictures, Birds, Books, Canada, Cars, Cartoons and Comics, Chess, Christmas, Cities, Clothing, Colors, Composers, Computer Buzzwords, Confusing Pairs, Constellations, Cosmetics Aisle, Cosmology, Countries, Country Music, Desserts, Dinosaurs, Dogs, Elements, First Ladies, Football Teams, Fruits, Hard High School Words, Hard Words, Hockey Teams, Insects, Islands, Jazz, Jewelry, Jobs, Magazines, Mars, Monsters, Musical Instruments, Mythology, Olympic Events, Operas, Planets, Presidents, Religion, Rock and Roll, Rocks and Minerals, Scientists, Shakespeare, Shakespearean Phrases, Star Trek, States, State Capitals, Street Signs, Television Shows, Tools, Toys and Games, Trees, Universities, Vegetables, Vice Presidents, Weather, and Women in History.”