friday flash fun
sciencepunk | June 5, 2009
Direct via the blue pages of Metafilter comes a slice of flash fun that encourages you to play with zoo poo. Who Pooped? is an educational game from Minnesota Zoo that's full of crap in the best possible way. Guess the owner of a sample, feed them and examine the results. Good dirty fun!
sciencepunk | May 14, 2009
From CrazyMonkey, the powerhouse of internet Flash fun, comes Cosmic Crush, a deceptively simple game of meteor might. The rules are straightforward: propel your sentient lump of rock through space, absorbing smaller asteroids whilst avoiding the gravity wells of larger planets. If this sounds fun, you've been conned. It is fun, but it's also fiendishly difficult.
Unfortunately for you, large planets wield a gravitational pull that extends far beyond the visible screen, meaning that by the time you see them, it's too late. Driving blind, you must be sensitive to the minor tugs and drifts…