# Another time-waster brought to you by Popcap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311 "2003-08-28T23:37:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/1 "2003-08-28T23:37:38Z")
[Don’t start. Really. I’m warning you.](http://popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=rocketmania) I’m not very good but I can’t stop. What comes after Student? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/2 "2003-08-28T23:47:13Z")
Oh my, I needed something to spend more time doing. Check out [www.puzzlepirates.com](http://www.puzzlepirates.com). You’ll need a client ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/3 "2003-08-29T00:21:21Z")
Dagnabbit, **Biggirl**! I’ve been blasting 'em off for 20 minutes and I can’t can’t past “Inquisitive Child.” ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/4 "2003-08-29T00:36:18Z")
I consider myself to be somewhat of a conniseur of time wasting…and that there was some _quality_ wasted time! And I’m just gettin’ started. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/5 "2003-08-29T00:53:57Z")
Unfourtanately, I’m no\* connoisseur \*of spellen’ werds rite. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/6 "2003-08-29T01:23:26Z")
Whoo hoo! I’m already a Curious Badger! (after about 4 games played too) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/7 "2003-08-29T01:33:24Z")
Bugger. I’ve competed easy and normal levels now. Thank god they don’t have this for Mac or palm so I’m restricted to web version. Boom! 5x launch, bonus!! Love the ooh, ahh sounds. I hate those dead end pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/8 "2003-08-29T01:33:24Z")
Well, made it to _Novice_ on my first try. Blast you, **Biggirl**! Now there goes the rest of my time! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/9 "2003-08-29T06:16:00Z")
Apprentice! w00t! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/10 "2003-08-29T11:44:19Z")
Another Curious Badger here … perhaps I should turn it off and do some Atomic Racing instead. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/11 "2003-08-29T12:06:24Z")
That’s appallingly addictive. I managed Apprentice on my first go so nyah nyah nyah. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/12 "2003-08-29T12:31:14Z")
Curious Badger. Blah, I’ll be back. And bugger you, **Biggirl!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/13 "2003-08-29T12:51:36Z")
I did warn you all. I’ve gotten to something like Lotus Master. I’ll have to stop now, since my boss wants me to do silly things like work. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/14 "2003-08-29T13:09:47Z")
Crap. I’m supposed to be finishing up the final corrections to my thesis (have to get it done by this afternoon, one of the profs on my committee leaves for a 10-month sabbatical in Italy on Monday), though I have been taking occasional SDMB breaks. Then I stumble across this thread, and I’m hooked on the newest form of digital crack. I’ll get you for this **Biggirl**! 😉 Yay! I made it to Apprentice! ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/15 "2003-08-29T13:16:46Z")
Young Salamander? Two games. I’m not sure exactly where a salamander ranks, I suppose it’s pretty low. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/16 "2003-08-29T14:40:38Z")
And productivity in America drops 20% thanks to **Biggirl**. Aprentice Zebra ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/17 "2003-08-29T14:51:52Z")
Good thing my boss’s wife is having a baby right now or I’d be in **super-duper-serious** trouble, because I haven’t done a damn thing all morning. Digital crack, indeed. Reminds me of that old PC game with the pipes and the green gooze. I was no good at that game, either. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/18 "2003-08-29T17:25:24Z")
koeeoaddi staggers bleary-eyed back into this thread after shooting off 4 rockets at once. In the meantime the sun has gone down and come back up again. Apprentice ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/19 "2003-08-29T17:38:02Z")
Assistant to the Master… and now it wants me to download it… ☹ that was a good waster of a half hour… Thanks **Biggirl** ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311/20 "2003-08-29T18:13:40Z")
Promising Youngster. Hmm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-waster-brought-to-you-by-popcap/198311.md?page=2)