One of those deceptively simple games you can't stop playing.

Download: Star Killer (ZIP 230 KB) WARNING! ADDICTIVE

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It really sticks with you. You'll play it in your sleep.

You're the red guy, just an amazingly simple red rectangle with a number (your health) in it. Your enemy is the blue box. He shoots one homing exclamation point at a time at you. The white star of David is good. It heals you. It is also invincible.

Challange: Hard enough to be fun, fun enough to keep you playing.

Graphics: Very minimalistic. Just enough information you need to play the game, with bright colors & special effects for fun.

Music & Sound: As chilling & suspensful as Fritz Lang's M or John Cage's 4'33", the realistic sounds of space make for a totally immersive atmosphere, raising your suspension of disbelief past its breaking point, truly putting you IN the game.

Replay: This is where the game stands out the most. This is one of those rare kind of games you can't help but play over & over. There is no delay between replay. It's still fun every time.

FAQ

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO FOLLOW

Are you sitting down? Good. You may notice starting sometime Saturday evening, until sometime Monday morning that www.somesmart.com will fail to load. DO NOT WORRY, NEITHER THE INTERNET NOR YOUR COMPUTER ARE BROKEN. This is simply a result of the move from my current residence, to the new residence I mentioned below.

As a bonus mission while the website is down, save the picture of our new house and see if you can find the secret joke hidden within. Good luck internet, I'm counting on you.

On another note

You should read this excellent post about the best albums of 2007 made by someone who knows what he's talking about (in other words, not me).

And just because this entry is short, I'll mention how I still think my long rant about Lost, Heroes, and Naruto still holds true, considering Lost continues to suck, while Heroes and Naruto continue to be awesome.

Oh, by the way Internet

While I was gone, we bought a new house. It looks like this:

I'd tell you where it is, but I can't (I'm not the secret keeper).

Insightful Thought of the Day*

Now that my typing finger has finally healed, I thought I'd get the blog started again with this insightful thought from my Management Information Systems book. Here goes, the first ever Insightful Thought of the Day:

Bloggers - There are millions of them.

Thanks Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy: 6th Edition! Without you I never would have realized the internet was full of bloggers! I can't wait to get to:

Chapter 15 - "Email - It's like letters that go really fast!" and
Chapter 17 -"I heard from somebody you can download music for free on the internet and look at pictures of naked people. What? No Way? This internet thing is CRAZY!"

*Note: By calling this the Insightful Thought of the Day I am by now means implying that there will be one of these every day - that's just ridiculous. Rather, this simply refers to the fact that I happened to have an insightful thought on this one particular day.