My friend Keith has this bad habit. He finds these interesting “browser distractions” (or maybe he doesn’t find them himself, but gets them sent to him too). Then the bad part – he shares them with me. I have no idea how many hours of lost productivity I can blame on these things, but I do know it’s greater than zero. So now it’s my turn.
If you remember the game Lemmings, you’ll like this one I’m sure. DHTML Lemmings plays right in your browser. If you don’t remember the original, there’s some documentation on the page too, which should get you started.
As I played this game last night, I remembered thinking, “This is kinda like that one hidden level in Warcraft III.” In the level, there’s a large “maze” leading up to your position, and some tower defense structures built along the path. You have to build more towers, and upgrade them, to keep the bad guys who are coming out of a portal from making it all the way to the bottom of the level. It doesn’t really count for anything, and has nothing to do with the storyline, but it’s a lot of fun to play. That’s one of the levels I’d reload and play quite often. Now, I can have similar fun right in Firefox with Desktop Tower Defense (which interestingly, the author mentions the level in Warcraft III which inspired him). Place your tower defenses to kill the bad guys before they make it to the other side of the maze (which you get to create). Soaked up an hour or so last night when I was thinking I’d be going to bed.