When I at Interactions08 a friend of mine, Jenny Lam, presented a talk titled, "Hit It With a Pretty Stick" which discussed the value of beautiful visual design. An appropriate talk for her to give considering her amazing ability to create beautiful visual design. In the talk, Jenny showcased  orisinal a site with little, short games that are done with really great illustration styles.

When I returned home, I hit the site and placed Josephine in front of the laptop. After several minutes we selected a game which has a rabbit carrying a turtle which allowed it to shoot the low flying birds. When you switch to have the turtle carry the rabbit it is so the rabbit can swat the snakes from the path. Basically, the object is to proceed forward while avoiding obstacles. A few minutes more and my wife turned around quickly to say, "I thought you said those games were not violent", in response to me repeatedly instructing to "Shoot the bird, shoot the bird!" Pausing briefly, I smiled and said, "They are not, but the birds are dropping bombs!?!"