FRIDAY F U N
This week's Friday Fun is taken from Neat Net Tricks:

• MAZE FRENZY at http://www.mazefrenzy.com/ asks you to guide a tiny red dot through a maze while avoiding moving objects, staying on the path, and racing against the clock. BLOONS at http://www.kongregate.com/games/Ninjakiwi/bloons has you use the mouse to aim and throw darts at the balloons, popping as many as possible with each dart. Special balloons have special effects when popped, have fun discovering what each does. See if you can pass all 50 levels. LUMINARA at http://www.jmtb02.com/flash/luminara.htm is reminiscent of the old asteroid games, a lot of sounds and action. ZWINGO at http://www.maxgames.com/play/zwingo.html asks you to swing the ball with your mouse to rid other balls entering your arena. You can configure the speed, size, boundary, and target size, and the music will drive you crazy in short order. MASS ATTACK at http://kbaumgames.com/massattack/ has you balancing, adding, and growing weights on two scales in an attempt to come close to a perfect balance. Increasing levels of difficulty will have you pulling your hair out. DANGEROUS DAVE AND BRUTAL BOB. OK, here's the scenario. Dave is on a bike. Bob has a bat and if he swings at just the right moment he'll give Dave the boost he needs to clear the mountain. Or maybe not, but you can try your batting practice at http://www.gamershood.com/game.php?id=1497 . CDX. Do you like a good mystery? Let the intro play at http://cdx-thegame.com/ until you find a room. Click on every object that's clickable. RUBIX. I could never get those colors lined up, but you can try your luck in the computer version, even save it and pick it up again at a later time. Download at http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/rubix.html . THE REFLEX TESTER tests your response time at http://www.ezines4all.com/fun/reflex.htm . FIVE DIFFERENCES. You've seen the puzzle in newspapers where you see if you can spot the differences in two illustrations. This one at http://www.kongregate.com/games/Ivory/5-differences is animated. FLASH FABRICA at http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html tells the age of your brain. Here's the instructions you'll need since they are all in Japanese (or something I don't read). Numbers are arranged randomly around the screen and flashed only momentarily. You will then need to correctly click the circle containing the lowest number, in sequence to the largest number. When the game is over, your "brain age" is displayed. Mine was 37 which should attest to its accuracy. GRAPPA is a java applet that allows you to create artworks with your mouse in a fun way at http://www.eigelb.at/HP/Links/SpecialEffects/Grappa/DelayedTrace/ . BALL. Another time waster at http://mazzanet.id.au/ball.php challenges you to change the color of the ball by clicking on it, not an easy feat. PACMAN. Remember? The original version is back at http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/pacman_flash/ . PONG. The game that started it all at http://www.gamegum.com/game/663/pong/ . BINBALL WIZARD at http://www.binballwizard.com/ is a little slow in loading and the ads detract, but the rules are simple. BOWMASTER. At http://www.lostvectors.com/bowmaster/ shoot arrows at incoming enemy soldiers before they reach your castle and eradicate your population. A little slow loading but you might find it worth the wait. HYPNODISC. After all this, are you still having problems getting to sleep? Try http://vhypno.sourceforge.net/pics/HypnoDisc.swf . And goodnight.