Given my lack of leisure activities for the past three or so weeks, and because Nick emailed and asked, I’ll start things off with a game. How many of you are old enough to remember the original car racing game on the Intellivision (and for my circle of friends, how many remember huddling around the Leighton’s or Bruning’s tv to play it)? This was a top-down view arcade racing game with (for the time) realistic physics and a number of tracks. It was the best racing game of its time by far. 25 some odd years later, imagine playing a very similar game online against other folks, but with better graphics, very realistic physics and an avid fanbase. If the prospect interests you, check out miniracingonline. It’s free, under very active development, and is very fun. It’s got an arcade mode for those of you lacking pc-controller fu sufficient to keep your car on the track, and there are a ton of addon tracks available. The only downside is it lacks engaging solo play, but since you’re going to need practice on the tracks if you don’t want to be completely spanked online, you’d best spend some time in solo mode anyway.