Dannica

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My suggestion is that you become a head of the IT department for pure unaldulterated fun. As the head of the IT department, you will have no problem installing anything on your computer and are in a key position to get your company to purchase the latest video cards and upgrades to have a decent gaming machine at work. My only advice is don't get one of those computers with the funky colors, transparent paneling and neon lights. Bosses tend to get kind of suspicious if you do that.

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This is a spot on guide. I'm the Controller and MIS Manager at my company and I was able to build a nice game machine and I play several hours a day. Best of all, my boss, the CFO, is in another office 200 miles away. I still play without sound, no point being overly obvious with the troops, but I've been known to turn the speakers on to find that last glowie.

I'm sure all my staff knows I play but they all politely pretend not to notice if they walk in when I'm in the middle of a big battle.

By the same token, if I walk up to the desk of one of my accountants and see Tetris, my only reaction is to suggest a play they might have missed. Once I walked up behind one of my accountants to see her IM'ing away. I saw she was messaging an employee at another of our offices so I asked her to stand, sat in her chair, and proceeded to denounce the other employee (a good friend of mine) for the chowderhead that she was. Without identifying myself. After a few insulting exchanges, I told my employee that my work there was done and went whistling back to my office. I figure fair is fair, I goof off, they goof off. Everyone gets their work done on time so it's all good.

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I want to work for you. Where can I send a resume?

My first computer, and my only one until we got a Tandy 486 back in 92, was an old ADAM. tape decks and all. Not as old as most people here, but I grew up playing that. I played the old Atari games forever, I think the 2600... don't remember.
Now, the sad thing is, you guys are MAKING me feel old. ( I do anyway, but I shouldn't ) I guess I'm just really 'culturally' aware. I loved Danger Mouse, Mighty Mouse, The Ant and the Ardvaark. GREAT television.. and I myself wonder what is up with 'modern day' cartoons. The animation is HORRID. What happened to Looney Toons? Merry Melodies..? Hanna Barbarra.. I loved watching Ricochet Rabbit and his side-kick Droop-Along ( I think, this was years ago ).

Anyway.. I'm only 24, and even *I* miss the 'good old days'.

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On the Atari 2600 console, hold down Reset and Power. Now, select game 1 and then start the game. You'll now have double shots.

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Old school cheat

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I'll go older - in game 9 of Combat, first person to turn their tank one position to the right and fire gets the kill (from the way the shot bounces around), which then knocks them through the wall to your side. Turn around and get one more kill while their spinning and be two up the whole game!

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ROFL.. wow.. now I REALLY feel old. I'm only 24, but my first gaming experiances were with the old Atari. I loved those combat games and I used to do that to my brother ALL the time. I've always been good with geometry/angles.

However, I was one of the few that never played Contra, I did however play the TMNT games, which used the Konami Code. ( There is a variation of Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right BA BA, but I don't know what game that was for.)