According to the sidebar on the main page, English is the language with the largest number of words, as anyone familiar with a thesaurus will tell you. Here's a site that calls upon your command of definitions (and your honesty) to provide a measurement of your English understanding and usage. Find out for yourself at Test Your Vocabulary. You even get a link to your score (like this).
Thanks to a wider internet understanding of Britishisms, we Yanks know that redheads are called "gingers". So join in the fun as this UK-based site chronicles the adventures (and locations) of each Random Ginge.
Here's a putt-putt game, typical in that you select direction and power, but different in the creative and amazing design and animation of the course. Get your miniature golf on with Wonderputt.
Aside from the cheesy acting and old-school sci-fi, Star Trek had some amazing sets and lighting. Here's a site that strips out the actors so that only the backdrops remain. Examine this classic show from another angle with Space Trek.
We've all seen them: logos for companies that don't really exist. They lend an air of credibility when watching TV or a movie. Here's a guy who lovingly recreates these made-up marks, these fake logos, at Fauxgo.
This tower defense game is a little long in the explanation, but is a fun twist and really gets going in just the second level. Of course, you can upgrade towers, and add abilities. Can you protect the crystals in Castaway Island Tower Defense?
The last thing we see in a movie before it fades to black is supposed to be a period at the end of the visual story. Here's a blog that shows you just The Final Image. Some you'll recognize, some you won't. If not, right-click and select Properties to see the filename, which is the answer you need.
What's to say? The title of this site says it all. The beauty is, not only do you get a nice history lesson with each entry, but a sample song or two is included for your listening displeasure. You'll be horrified, but you can't turn away, as you hear The World's Worst Records.
This puzzle game has you shooting arrows at the hangman ropes holding up people. Try not to hit the people, and hurry because they gradually lose health by hanging. There are a finite number of levels, but it should keep you busy solving Gibbets 2.
We can usually tell what something is by looking at. In today's hi-tech world, part of the fun of designing products is, apparently, mimicing another item. They are being catalogued at Things That Look Like Other Things.
Take the iconic image of God from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, photoshop him into various situations, and you get the irreverently funny Where is He Now?
It seems easy, at first. All you need do is move your little plus-sign piece to the green checkmark. But then, of course, they start mixing it up. Solve the puzzles by bypassing the Impasse.
Sure, it's simple photoshopping meme, but it's still funny. Because, try as they might to do what they can, Spock is not impressed.
Pony is an ESL tutor who uses Skype. "A", her student, is Japanese. As an exercise, Pony sends "A" photographs, which she then writes a few sentences about, in a way that only someone with a different cultural perspective and non-masterful grasp of English could. Enjoy the results at Pony and "A" Take Over the World.
