Small Worlds is my kind of game.

Free, entertaining, and I can't kill myself in new and interesting ways that the creators never intended.

miome decided that the only thing to do after making inedible pancakes was to play Pandemic 2, name her disease "bad pancakes," and proceed to wipe out the entire world population with it.

I <3 my girlfriend.

I even got an email from my university about the swine flu.

"Situation: The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its Pandemic Alert Level to 4 due to the swine/bird/human flu virus that has been found in five states and four countries."

I started reading that and all I could think was "Shit! I bet Madagascar has already shut down its ports."

I am a bad, bad person and need to stop playing Pandemic 2.

Gah. My brain feels like it could leak out of my ears. The internship wasn't able to offer me as much money as they thought they would be. I'm taking it anyway because a) I need an internship and b) the experience will be good. Did some work for them today and then did some of my other work. I have a meeting on Monday which requires me to drive in. Hopefully, I will not be as brain mushy as I am today.

And now, more things to suck up your time!

First off we have Green Porno which is where a lady dresses up in ridiculous insect costumes and uses terribly cheesy props to tell you about that insects mating habits. Not work safe, but not graphic either. My favorite was the snails. XD

Next we have Dino Run which is a fun little game where you play an 8-bit velociraptor that must out run the dinosaur killing meteor while collecting eggs and eating critter. My favorite is jumping over stegosaurs.

Warning: This game will suck away large amounts of your time. I love how miome approaches puzzle in a completely different way that I do. I tend to created ramps and balls and wedges to move my ball and she uses more complicated levers and hinges.

So some of you might remember this, but I'm betting most of you won't. Back in December there was a glitch at Microsoft's Live Search Club games. Basically they had a really nice GPS unit going for 0 tickets. I clicked through the redemption process and got an error at the end, but still got a confirmation email. I figured that was the end of it. I mean someone would notice a GPS unit being redeemed for nothing in the 3 months time frame they give themselves to ship you stuff. The order will get blocked, assuming it even went through in the first place. Right? Right.

Sitting next to me is a free $250 portable GPS unit courtesy of Microsoft.

...

What do I do now?!?!?!

Don't say I don't get your guys anything (even if what I get you is a drop in productivity).

Lemmings

I like playing Microsoft's Live Search Club. Let's get this over right up front: I know exactly what Microsoft is doing with this. They have a bunch of games that every time you take a turn at, will hit the MSN search engine thereby causing their ranking to go up. In fact, they are bribing people with the promise of prizes to do this. It's not exactly ethical, but it's damn effective.

I started playing it to get a copy of Zoo Tycoon (fun game) and have dabbled with it ever since. You can also donate a part of your winnings to the school/charity of your choice. Each point = about 1 cent. I donate 10% of everything I win to a high school. Granted they'll be getting a check for a grand total of about $6 by the time the year is out, but it's something.

About a week ago they updated the prizes they gave out, including a very nice Magellan GPS unit for something like 20,000 points. They also have a Roomba for 25,000 points ($250) which is cheaper than you can get it from the iRobot site. So that's what I'm saving up for.

Anyway, I was playing the game yesterday and was looking at the prize list when I noticed the GPS unit was gone. Odd. They'd just put it up. So I scanned upward to see that they were having some technical difficulties and the GPS unit could be had for a grand total of 0 points.

Like any good internet peon, I clicked through to see if it was for real. Said it put it in the basket. They had all my address information from when I ordered Zoo Tycoon. Got to the last step and... threw an error. Darn. I knew it was too good to be true. I had a nice laugh about it and continued on my way.

Tonight I checked my email and found out that I had a confirmation from MSN for a Magellan GPS unit which will ship to my address sometime in the next 3 months.

So who thinks I'm actually going to get a free GPS unit? Any bets?