I was confused by the &quot;great for games&quot; comment as well, but following the link shows that the author was thinking of simple hardware &quot;games&quot; such as this fortune teller consisting of LEDs and fairly simple circuitry. So I think the clock speed is more than fine for the application he had in mind...<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;makezine.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;electronics-fun-and-fundamentals-the-ching-thing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;makezine.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;electronics-fun-and-fundamental...</a>