diff -r 6acdce85db3cc55d685c4a3c1f8918b36a207996 -r de6cfca9566bed16d4de4a82409c41ecb71d1a11 axios/Engine/AxiosTimer.cs
--- a/axios/Engine/AxiosTimer.cs	Sun Sep 30 21:45:24 2012 -0500
+++ b/axios/Engine/AxiosTimer.cs	Fri Dec 28 16:57:08 2012 -0600
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         TimeSpan interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1);
         TimeSpan lastTick = new TimeSpan();
         private bool _enabled = false;
+        public TimeSpan? offset = null;
 
         public event EventHandler Tick;
 
@@ -38,12 +39,21 @@
 
         public override void Update(AxiosGameScreen gameScreen, GameTime gameTime, bool otherScreenHasFocus, bool coveredByOtherScreen)
         {
-            
+            // Issue here: if you add a timer later on and use the algorithm of
+            // gameTime.TotalGameTime - lastTick >= interval
+            // The timer will always run
+            // What we should do is have an offset of the time it was added like this:
+            // ((gameTime.TotalGameTime - offset) - lastTick)  >= interval
             if (gameScreen.ScreenManager.Game.IsActive) //only "tick" if the window has focus - otherwise the Timer will play catchup
             {
+                if (offset == null)
+                {
+                    offset = gameTime.TotalGameTime;
+                    return;
+                }
                 if (_enabled)
                 {
-                    if (gameTime.TotalGameTime - lastTick >= interval)
+                    if (((gameTime.TotalGameTime - offset) - lastTick) >= interval)
                     {
                         if (Tick != null)
                         {