July 24th, 2007, 2 Comments »
It’s a busy day, so here are two ways to entertain yourself (just in case you needed two more ways):
My original title for this entry was “Playing with Balls and Milk”, but that sounded horribly wrong.
June 14th, 2007, 1 Comment »
You may recall that a few weeks ago I helped spread a plague of lost corporate efficiency by blogging about Desktop Tower Defence. Somewhere I recently encountered this blog post, describing five such tower defense games. In the interests of science and delaying any number of vital software projects, I checked out all five.
The best of the bunch is Onslaught. It’s more complex than DTD, each games lasts longer, and the strategy seems more sophisticated. The only down side is that there’s currently no sound, though this may be a bonus if you’re trying to avoid raising your boss’s suspicions. I also like the game’s pace. I can start a game and have it running in the background for the first 40 or 50 levels. In fact, there’s a game running on an adjacent tab as I write this blog post.
If anybody plays the game for a little while, you may want to check out how the experts do things.
UPDATE: Via Metafilter, here’s a funky vectorized version of DTD, complete with calming chillout grooves. Go here to avoid the irritating intro ad.
May 25th, 2007, 1 Comment »
Well, it ain’t no Desktop Tower Defense (to which poor, unsuspecting Jeremy got addicted), but you may find you enjoy Juggler, a simple but tricky flash game. Work less, play more.
UPDATE: Er, whoops. Link included, so that you can actually play the game.
May 17th, 2007, 2 Comments »
Via a recent bookmark from Todd, I discovered The Breathing Earth. You may have seen it already (it seems to have made the rounds), but I dig it. It’s a lovely visualization of the world’s births, deaths and carbon dioxide emissions. I’m not exactly selling it there–just go check it out.