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Best Games for the Unemployed

by Terrence O'Brien on February 27, 2009 at 05:44 PM

Best Games for the Unemployed
So, you've lost your job, your main squeeze (or mistress), and some creditors are about to repossess your car (if they can find your secret parking spot three blocks from your apartment). It's tough out there. On the plus side, now you've got more time than you could possibly imagine to play those video games you bought that are just collecting dust.

But what should you spend your new-found downtime on? Well 1UP.com has you covered and is offering up its suggestions for what games are most worth your seemingly endless time.
Are you currrently unemployed?
Yes224 (42.5%)
No255 (48.4%)
I'm not sure.48 (9.1%)

You can lean Mandarin in an attempt to please our soon to be Chinese overlords, live a revisionist past where you become a Wall Street fat-cat, or just waste the hours away on the borderline nonsensical 'Metal Gear Solid 4.'

Of course you could use this time to take some classes, or you know, apply for jobs... but who are we to judge? [From: 1UP.com]

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