Category: Games

USA Budget Hero

Budget hero

Had some fun discovering Budget Hero today – it's a little flash game which allows you to shift around the US budget to achieve whatever goals/values you choose for yourself beforehand – supposed to increase awareness of politics or something. It took me three goes to achieve my three: efficient government, health and wellness and economic stimulus, by basically cutting military funding as much as I was allowed, getting rid of on-the-side government programs, taxing the wealthy a lot and increasing household spending and free childcare for the poor, umm and creating a free health service.

Anyway, kept me happy for about 15 minutes… sure my Dad will find it interesting. He always used to this kind of funny little business simulation games lying around.

Three Wii Men

cartoon from www.weblogcartoons.com

Seemed apt. Wii Sports Tennis rating is now upto 1800… :-)

Crazy how there seems to be a shortage of everything this Christmas – are we buying more or are they making less? Seems strange when I think back to when I was young and the must-have present was a Tellytubby doll at about a tenner – now the average present seems to weigh in at around £100-200…

[Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.]

O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Splinter Cell

Watched O Brother, Where Art Thou? last night with good ol’ George Clooney in, loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey. Think my Dad must have taken me to the cinema to see it nearly 8 years ago. It’s really funny in a totally random, surreal way. Very cool film.

Trying to spend my time at home well by catching up with some reading – got a pile of about 4 books now I want to get through. The Wii is just so inviting though, and the few peaceful hours when my brother and sister are at school seem to pass so quickly. Made it to Pro status on Wii Tennis ;-) and about halfway through the current "retro" gaming project – Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell.