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I mentioned it yesterday.  I spent last night and this morning trying to figure this one out.  Check it out, but be forewarned – You may not be able to stop doing these GROW mazes.

GROW CUBE

Tycho from Penny Arcade posted about it the other day and I checked it out on a whim.  He mentions how much he craves them, and after messing around with a couple of them for a while, I certainly understand what he means.

I really encourage everybody to try out the newest GROW called GROW TOWER EYEMAZE.  The goal is to flip the switch WAAAAAY up there.  In order to get there, you must stack each item in a certain order.  It’s sorta frustrating and very rewarding when you figure it out.  After you complete the GROW TOWER, check out some of the others at the bottom of the page.  They are completely addictive.

Speaking of addictive, You might want to check out Defense Grid:  The Awakening on either Steam or Greenhouse.  It’s basically a 3D Desktop Tower Defense clone.  If you are looking for time a time waster, this is definitely one of them.

Running

Good question. Things have changed a bit since the Chicago Marathon and the Indianapolis Marathon last month. We have several months before we run the Indy Mini in May 2008. So, where do we go from here?

Dawn decided she wanted to train for a 10K until the first part of next year. We’re not sure where we’ll find a 10K to run in, but she wants to get Preferred Seeding for the Mini, so she needs to find somewhere to get a time that will put her there. She JUST missed Preferred Seeding with her time in the Indianapolis Marathon by 9 seconds.

Me, I’m training for a 5K. My goal is to be able to keep up with Braden some. I’ve got a long way to go, but if I work hard, maybe I’ll actually be able to keep up with the Bellmont High girls (one of them ran a 20:33!).

I’ve got my run times posted on the Run Log page. I’m not happy with the way things look, but at least it’s something. I’m actually running 5 days per week totaling over 30 miles per week most weeks. That’s a huge change from the 3 days per week I was running and a much bigger commitment; it’s cold and rainy this time of year. Oh well…I’ll live…maybe.

Gaming

So, what I have been doing when I’m not working or running? Playing a multitude of games! This fall/winter has been the gaming equivalent of the The Perfect Storm. There are sooooo many great games out there, I don’t think I have enough time or money to play them all!

Where does one start feasting on all the gaming goodness? The best place…nay, the mandatory place MUST be Orange Box. Hands down, this is the absolute best value in the history of gaming. The total package of gaming, Orange Box includes Half Life 2, Half Life 2: Episode One, Half Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, Portal, and, if you pre-ordered the PC version from Steam, Peggle Extreme. All of this for $50 on the PC and $60 on the Xbox 360! Portal is probably worth the price of Orange Box on its own.

I’m currently knee deep in Hellgate: London. Hellgate is the creation of Flagship Studios…essentially the dev team that created Diablo and Diablo II for Blizzard Entertainment. HGL is a pretty good game; it’s Diablo with a few new innovations. Unfortunately, there are a ton of other games just waiting to absorb my time. We’ll see how long I’ll be in London.

So, what am I looking forward to? To name a few, there is Crysis, Mass Effect, Guitar Hero III, Rock Band, and Assassin’s Creed. There is even more that I can’t think of off the top of my head.

Ahhhh, the Perfect Storm…

I know I said it would be ready in a couple of days about a week ago.  However, it’s just taking way longer than I had anticipated to put my thoughts “on paper”.  I will have everything finalized, proofread, and posted by tomorrow morning.  Thanks for you patience.

I’ll have a big post this weekend (hopefully), but while I was cruising teh internets, I ran across this young man rockin’ Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360. The song is a My Chemical Romance song called Dead!.

BTW – The kid is only 8 and if you look closely at the end of the song, he’s playing it on Expert Mode! My jaw damn near hit the floor. Enjoy!