cd ~/arcade
Bored?
Pick a game.
A small arcade I built into this site. Sink a fleet, solve a murder, crack a code, or run a data centre. There’s nothing to install, and your scores stay in this browser.
Battleship
Five ships each on an eight-by-eight grid. The captain searches in a checkerboard until it hits something, then works outward from the hit. It doesn’t cheat, but it doesn’t waste shots either.
FLEET
- players
- you vs the captain
- length
- about 5 minutes
- fire
- tap a square
Preparing fleet command...
Story mode
Three murder mysteries you play from a command line. Talk to suspects, search rooms, and fill a notebook with clues. When you think you know, name someone. Who you pick and what you can prove decides how it ends, and every ending you reach is kept here.
CASES
- cases
- 3
- endings
- 23
- a case
- 15 to 25 min
Type list, or launch ghat.
The cabinet
Three quick ones for when you have two minutes: recover a word before the signal drops, crack a four-letter code, or find the move that ends a chess game.
CABIN
- games
- 3
- a round
- 1 to 2 minutes
- controls
- keyboard or tap
Loading cabinet...
Terminal Tycoon
The big one. You run a hosting venture from a command deck: buy racks, hire people, keep the halls cool and decide how much debt you can live with. You make one decision every 3 hours, and it keeps running while you’re away.
TYCON
- saves
- to your account
- pace
- a decision every 3 hours
- reports
- daily, by email