Flash (or other) games to play while watching TV

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I was recently asked for help from a friend of mine who writes English subtitles for a Japanese TV show (it isn’t licensed in the states, so it’s all on the up and up). Her work is generally really great, but she asked me to double-check her translations, which I happily agreed to do. The problem is that it only takes about half of my conversation to listen and compare the original dialog with her subs, and since I’m not that interested in the show I’ve been looking for a nice windowed game to play with. Solitaire, Minesweeper and Tetris have all been played to death, while Dwarf Fortress and Gearhead have proved to be far, far too engrossing.

So can anyone suggest some amusing, medium-attention games?

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Multiplayer game with dice, akin to Risk. The turns go round-robin, so you really only need to concentrate on it about 1/7 of the time. Heck, I’m playing now while reading the Dope. Easy to sign up, easy to learn. Games take about 5-20 minutes each. Ranking system so you can lord over others who are addicted to it.

My username is Capt_Cracker if you start playing.

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Cow run!

ETA: Sometimes it’s tricky, though. I don’t think it’s terribly hard, though. It’s not Blokzorz…er…that flippy block game.

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I like to go to MSN’s games (http://zone.msn.com) and play Bejeweled, Luxor and Text Twist mindlessly while I watch TV.