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HD wallpaper from NerdBusiness

pixel monsterThat picture of Fluffy is never quite the same once you blow it up on your big, HD monitor. Fluffy looks less cute and much more pixilated than in real life. In fact, a lot of pictures and wallpapers just don't look the same.

The folks over at NerdBusiness have just the solution. They have assembled 218 HD wallpapers for your viewing pleasure. Everything from mint leaves to scenic photos to otherworldly Photoshop environs and Mario Party 8 shots. Our favorite? Digg-er from mandolux.com

Check it out and see what looks good on your big screen.

Filed under: Fun, Games, Internet, Kids, Time-Wasters

Double Wires- Today's Time Waster


Double Wires is a Spiderman type game where your only goal is to not fall down. You have two extendable wires that are released by clicking your mouse on the area you want tem to connect to. The man has a bit of a swing to him, so you have to watch out for missing your target or moving so quick that you have nothing else to grab onto. Simple, but addictive.

Filed under: Fun, Games, Internet, Kids, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Time-Wasters

Double Wires - Today's Time Waster

Double WiresI've played a lot of video games based on the venerable Spider Man character, dating back to the Atari 2600 days. And none of them have been particularly to my liking. So it is with great pleasure that I point to today's time waster, a simple little game called Double Wires. Double Wires is an addictive game that can be played in very short time increments, since an average session lasts mere seconds or minutes if you get good at it.

The objective in Double Wires is to simply get as far as you can along a course consisting of blobs of color that you can latch your "two wires" onto, much like how Spider Man gets around. Just click in the direction you'd like one of his wires to shoot out, and it does so, and latches onto an object if it collides with one. You only have the two wires, so this game is all about the timing - when do you shoot your wires, and in which direction? Once you master the art of short and quick shots that allow you to move relatively quickly on horizontal plane, you'll need to learn how to do large throws, where the character gets tossed high in the air by the strength of his elastic wire.

Good fun, and it could easily suck up a lunch hour, so as always be careful.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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