http://www.metafilter.com/tags/puzzles+fun Posts tagged with 'puzzles' and 'fun' at MetaFilter. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:48:16 -0800 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:48:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63231/Wont%2Dsomebody%2DPLEASE%2Dthink%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dchildren Bored on your summer vacation? Well, the US government has l<a href="http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html">ots of fun stuff for kids to do on line</a>. Learn <a href="http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/kc/cowfacts.html">fascinating facts about cows</a> (and <a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/kidsweb/town.htm">agricultural marketing</a>!) from the Department of Agriculture. Take a ride to <a href="http://www.moneyfactory.gov/kids/start.html">Money Central Station</a> with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. If you live in a federally-funded housing project, HUD wants you to learn more about <a href="http://www.hud.gov/kids/index.html">being a good citizen</a>. Want something more action-packed? <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/kids/games/undercover.htm">Help FBI Special Agent Bobby Bureau go undercover</a>, or become one of <a href="http://www.nsa.gov/kids/">America's Crypto-Kids</a> at the NSA. Play <a href="https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/index.html">thrilling puzzle games</a> or visit the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/cia-museum-tour/index.html">world's most secret museum</a> at the CIA. <a href="http://www.fema.gov/kids/games1.htm">Play more games</a> or become a <a href="http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizkid1.htm">Disaster Action Kid</a> at FEMA! <small>And no list of government kids' pages would be complete without revisiting the <a href="http://www.atf.gov/kids/kids_art_main.htm">children's art contest</a> from the ATF, which I've <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/50275/MOM-SHOOTS">linked to before</a>...</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63231 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:48:16 -0800 ATF BEP children CIA FBI FEMA fun games government HUD NSA puzzles recruitment? USDA dersins http://www.metafilter.com/45299/Its%2Dnot%2DFriday%2Dand%2Dits%2Dnot%2DFlash%2Dbut What do you get when you mix a fiendishly difficult and addictive puzzle game with the feel of a hack &amp; slash RPG set in a cartoonish, slightly tongue-in-cheek fantasy world? That would be <a href="http://www.caravelgames.com/Articles/Games_2/AE.html">Deadly Rooms of Death</a> (DROD for short). The game is freakin' huge, with 25 levels filled with unique rooms, and it also happens to be free. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.45299 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:09:45 -0800 awesome computergames fun games giantroaches puzzles videogames speicus http://www.metafilter.com/42445/Go%2Dproblems%2Don%2Dthe%2DWeb <a href="http://goproblems.com">Go problems</a> <a href="http://www.goproblems.com/problems.php3" title='Main link is to main page for politeness, but the problem search there needs some sql help. this is the full (and working) search interface, also avail by hitting "problems" their navbar.'>database</a> with a slick web <a href="http://www.goproblems.com/prob.php3?id=4956&psetid=1101376" title="Link is to applet and example problem, be advised. You may prefer a real client, but this is fun for coffee breaks...">interface</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go" title="Obligatory Wikipedia link">Go</a> is one of the most <a href="http://www.kiseido.com/yyy.htm" title=""Monks who have a talent for it play go with women and become their lovers." -- yamaoka genrin, edo-period essayist ..... "go is to western chess what philosophy is to double entry accounting." -- from shibumi, bestseller by trevanian">rewarding</a> games I've ever played. You can play games at <a href="http://ItsYourTurn.com" title="As well as other games...for the record Chess is OK too:)">ItsYourTurn.com</a>, who also have a nice rule <a href="http://itsyourturn.com/t_helptopic2120.html" title='While i like to summarize the rules with a few axioms, because i love how much of the game is simply implied, they strike a nice balance between succinctness and clarity.'>summary</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.42445 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 09:05:08 -0800 coffeebreak fun games go philosophy puzzles web freebird http://www.metafilter.com/37366/PuzzleDonkey4%2DAre%2Dyou%2Dup%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dchallenge Arghhhhh!!! Aghhhhhhhh! <a title="the PuzzleDonkey" href="http://www.puzzledonkey.com/puzzle.php">Arghhhhhhh!!!</a> <br /><br />Cheats for PuzzleDonkey4 Available <a href="http://forums.cpfc.org/showthread.php?threadid=94072">here</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37366 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:11:14 -0800 fun games logic puzzles willnot