Got 600 seconds to spare?

Good. Then go test your geographical mettle over at ironicsans.com by trying to name all 50 U.S. States in under 10 minutes. I did it in 8:36 (mostley becawse I speel bhadly), and I know that the Empress can ace this without breaking a sweat. She’s been singing the 50 States song forever!

Let’s see how well you geeks can do. [Link]

If your not shamed into territorial oblivion by the clock, then post your results here when you’re done.

The Cold War is back with the classic ’80s arcade game Rush’N Attack. Fully playable version here.

• Catch the series conclusion of JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED tonight on the Cartoon Network.
• LucasArts is interested in creating a Wii game for the Star Wars universe that would focus on lightsaber battles. [Link]
• Preview images from the upcoming HALO graphic novel, based on the popular video game.



• View the trailer for the INDIANA JONES 2007 video game.
• New images up at the LADY IN THE WATER official site. Click the image at right for a large view of the most recent poster for the upcoming M. Knight Shyamalan movie.
• Kevin Smith’s Clerks II will be released on July 21, 2006, a month earlier than originally scheduled. Visit the movie’s official site and its myspace page.
• A first look at Steve Carell transformed into the biblical Noah in EVAN ALMIGHTY, the sequel to Bruce Almighty, where God orders Carell’s character to build an ark before a great flood arrives.

The Da Vinci Code Quest game was launched on Google today in celebration of Leonardo da Vinci’s 553rd birthday and will run through May 19, the worldwide release date for Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks.

The online game consists of various puzzles, including symbol logic, chess-related codes, city map jigsaw puzzles, and video riddles. One puzzle will be released each day at 1 pm U.S. Eastern Standard Time. There are six types of challenges:

* The Symbol Challenge: Players must use their logic skills and drag the
symbols onto the grid such that the symbols in each column and row are
all distinct.

* The Restoration Challenge: A question is hidden in plain sight on a
classic work of art — parts of the question are unclear, obscured by
debris. Players have to restore the painting and reveal the question
by clearing the particles of debris.

* The Curator Challenge: Players must use their “curator’s eye” to hang
the works of art such that the hooks match those on the gallery wall.

* The Chess Challenge: Players must determine the only sequence of three
moves that will lead to checkmate in a given chess scenario.

* The Observation Challenge: Players watch movie clips and use their
observational skills to seek the truth and answer trivia questions.

* The Geography Challenge: Players assemble jigsaw puzzle pieces to
reveal and identify a geographical location.

The first 10,000 eligible players who complete all 24 puzzles correctly by May 11, will receive a cryptex replica like that seen in the film, and will have 48 hours to complete a guantlet of mystifying puzzles. The sole winner of this final round will win several high-end prizes.

The puzzles were created based on the The Da Vinci Code movie which was adapted from the bestselling novel by Dan Brown, in which the lead character Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks) is a professor of symbology at Harvard University who must unlock the clues and solve cryptic puzzles to uncover an international mystery-murder conspiracy.