Tag: TIME WASTER

In terms of procrastination, the Web (sometimes dangerously) offers unlimited possibilities. When discussing such methods of slack, two of the most entertaining avenues would arguably be (for the porn lovers and Facebook junkies, at least) tripping out with optical illusions and killing time with flash games. While free flash games have helped tech-based slacking evolve from simple pursuits like ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/08/20/12-more-trippy-optical-illusions-on-the-net/'; Before Facebook became the ultimate way to kill time online, optical illusions reigned supreme. They can make you nauseous, make you laugh, or make you feel like your head will explode. But regardless, you can't look away. While the heyday of optical illusions might have passed, there are still ...

Counting down to quittin' time on a Friday can grow mind-numbing when you have only the whole of human knowledge at your fingertips. To help inject a little frivolity -- and break up those end-of-the-week doldrums -- we bring you a favorite Switched pastime: getting those synapses and neural circuits firing with an awesome optical illusion. Although this latest offering may not be quite as ...

The best Flash games are brain-dead simple, visually stunning, and simple enough to draw you in but not so hard that you end up ripping your computer from the desk and throwing it against a wall. Retro-styled 'Pixel' succeeds at all of these things. The premise is simple: You control a 2-D ship and shoot bad guys. Killing the baddies causes them to explode in a burst of pixels, and here's the ...