Tough Test of Memory Skills in Food Memory

See what kind of memory you have playing Food Memory

I always thought I had a pretty good memory. I still do. But playing Food Memory has made me question my memory skills. Or, not so much question them, but perhaps see that my memory skills are more to do with the method that I have trained myself to use for them, which is an interesting point in itself. Playing Food Memory made me realize that I have developed successful memory skills through words rather than pictures. But in Food Memory you need to use visual memory skills and it is those that I have not mastered so well.

How to play Food Memory

So in Food Memory you get pictures of 9 different food dishes lined up in rows of 3. You get a few seconds to look at them all and remember how they are arranged. Then the screen changes and all the food dishes are on the bottom of the screen and you have the same 9 places in which to put them back.

How I did with Food Memory

To be honest, I initially thought that Food Memory would be really easy, but actually it was not at all. Indeed, the most I ever got correct was 3. I think I found it particularly hard as I did not know the names of a lot of the dishes. Like I said, since I am a word person (rather than visual) I could not use words to help my memory in this game. I knew what the sushi, soup and burger was but then with the big round thing that I couldn't identify, I was lost for words as it were. Also, this game is pretty brutal because as soon as you make one mistake you are out.

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Whack Your Boss in 7 Different Ways!

Get Your Frustrations Out Here, On Line

Have you ever really hated your boss? Do you still hate him or her now? Have you ever dreamed of whacking your boss and seeing blood squirt from all parts of him? Well, if you can answer yes to any of these questions, then you will simply love Whack Your Boss. Of course, in the real world, it is not really possible for one to whack their boss. First of all, it is not politically correct to whack anyone. Second, if you so much as were a tiny bit rude to your boss (never mind whacking him), you would be fired immediately, on the spot. That is the problem; you really are stuck when you are the employee working for someone. And so often, individuals do actually desire deeply to whack their boss. And that is why Whack Your Boss is such a great game, because it lets the player live out their fantasies. The game reminds me a bit of what my mother used to say in Temple. She used to say that she wanted to get up, when the rabbi was preaching and yell out, why don't you just shut up? Because of course she never could because that would be very unseemly and her and my father might be asked to not return. She would probably enjoy Whack Your Boss! Imagine, there could be a whole load of variations to the game.

How Whack Your Boss Works

So you have 7 different ways that you can choose from to whack your boss. There are different tools you can use. How about spilling your coffee all over him? It is a bit gory. Imagine, the next time you are in the office and your boss speaks patronizingly to you, just what that stapler on your desk could do to him, as you remember what you did in this cool game. It is quite realistic in some ways too. Each time the game begins it starts with the boss coming in (while you are at your desk, no doubt hard at work), and he says: "No, no, no, no, wrong, wrong, it has come to my attention that you are not measuring up. You will have to stay late again" etc. It goes on like this until you get so mad that you just have to whack him. You (the player) can make the decision at any point when to whack him.

Although the actual screen while you are playing is just a black and white cartoon picture, when it comes time to whack him, a whole load of blood splurges out everywhere until he lies dead on the floor (well surely he deserves it, no?) but then you can press the "cleaner" button and all disappears -- until the boss comes back and repeats the same mantra that irritates you again. So you can spill the coffee over him and the blood will emerge again.

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