Awesome Zorba the Greek Game

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books, dance, games, movies, music

I’ve made no secret of my love for Nikos Kazantzakis’ Zorba the Greek.  It was my favorite book out of the seventy-five I read in 2011, and the movie based on the book is an undeniable classic.  In the final scene, we see the spirited Zorba teaching his straight-laced boss a classic Greek dance.

Now it gets even better.  You too can dance with Zorba the Greek, thanks to this awesome game.  It is a Dance Dance Revolution style game, but with the 8-bit look of the classic Mario.  For some reason I just can’t seem to beat Zorba…

How big is your vocabulary?

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books, games, vocabulary, writing

Test Your Vocab is an interesting site run by a joint American-Brazilian research project that estimates the number of words based on your vocabulary.  The test doesn’t take long and gives results instantly.  It estimated my vocabulary at 38,400 words.  Take the test and comment to let us all know how you do!  (Thanks to the Tigerpapers blog for exposing me to this site!)

Awesome Movie Game!

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games, movies

I am still alive, studying hard for Jeopardy and slowly working my way through book 32.  I will get my pace back on track after my audition and will return to posting reviews regularly.  In the meantime, here is a link to a very fun movie game, Clockbusters.  My wife came across this game and showed it to me, and now I pass that gift on to my faithful readers.  You are given three pictures and have to guess the movies to which they refer.  I got 47 out of 50 on the original, and then thought of two more on my second try (I had to cheat to get #50).  On the sequel, I got 46 the first time and added one more on the next try (and cheated to get the rest).  Give it a try!