# Games that look like work **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 26, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975 "2010-11-26T14:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/1 "2010-11-26T14:42:01Z")
For those of us who are stuck at work today, I wanted to share [this site](http://cantyouseeimbusy.com/) I found a while ago. My boss, myself, and one other guy are the only people in the office today and I finished all my projects on Wednesday so I don’t even have any actual work to do. I’ll be playing “Breakdown” all day today I think. _Note_ this is not spam - I have no affiliation with this site whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/2 "2010-11-26T15:01:01Z")
That is pretty neat. Reminds me of the “Boss Key” Sierra adventure games used to have (especially the Leisure Suit Larry games). ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/3 "2010-11-26T16:17:56Z")
In a twist of irony, this is blocked by my work’s filter for being in the “Games” category. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/4 "2010-11-26T16:29:21Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > In a twist of irony, this is blocked by my work’s filter for being in the “Games” category. It’s blocked for me, too. Now what am I going to do for work? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/5 "2010-11-26T18:10:37Z")
Somebody offered to install Prison Tycoon on my computer at work. I told them if I wanted to run a prison, I’d just do my job. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/6 "2010-11-29T15:43:58Z")
I thought this was going to be about EVE Online. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-look-like-work/561975/7 "2010-11-29T15:45:53Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > That is pretty neat. Reminds me of the “Boss Key” Sierra adventure games used to have (especially the Leisure Suit Larry games). Yeah, lots of games had that in the day. They’d load up a little fake DOS program, too. I always thought that was cool and I was only a kid in the 1980’s.