# Google Zamboni is addictive.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380 "2013-01-16T14:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/1 "2013-01-16T14:32:49Z")
Well, I made it to the hockey players. Is there a level after that? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/2 "2013-01-16T15:39:10Z")
??? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/3 "2013-01-16T15:43:13Z")
Cute little time waster. Go to the Google, **John** , there’s a Zamboni game on it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/4 "2013-01-16T15:47:32Z")
That was a fun way to waste 15 minutes! Very old school; very well done. What’s not to like about a game that is built around a Zamboni? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/5 "2013-01-16T17:27:19Z")
I made it to the hockey players. Only played one game. It didn’t do much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/6 "2013-01-16T18:20:56Z")
I go to the hockey players, scored 227 and then my computer went down. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/7 "2013-01-16T18:24:06Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I made it to the hockey players. Only played one game. It didn’t do much for me. I couldn’t get past the hockey players as I couldn’t clean the ice under the nets- I tried ramming, drifting into them, etc. I’m sure I was missing something (maybe mouse click on the nets), otherwise it is the logical end to every game, but this seems misguided when my final scores were something like 000022.6 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/8 "2013-01-16T18:31:10Z")
How do you get the doodle to play? When I click on it it just goes to a google search of “Zamboni”. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/9 "2013-01-16T18:38:02Z")
Doesn’t seem to work on my laptop either. Just a static picture. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/10 "2013-01-16T18:46:21Z")
Yeah, I can’t find the play button. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/11 "2013-01-16T21:20:11Z")
For me it works in Firefox but not IE. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/12 "2013-01-16T21:24:52Z")
I’ve had this problem before where the interactive doodles don’t work on my work machine (IE) but work at home (Firefox). I’ll have to try from home. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/13 "2013-01-16T21:39:29Z")
\I prefer Google Olympia™ brand ice resurfacers.\ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/14 "2013-01-16T21:41:56Z")
Works fine for me in IE. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/15 "2013-01-16T22:12:52Z")
Yeah at work we use IE and these damn things never work for me. I’ll try it at home with Chrome. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/16 "2013-01-16T22:35:12Z")
Got to the figure skaters and scored 599, but I ran out right at the end. Could have made one more level. Gas cans = good and needed Banana = spin out, but you still melt ice when spinning Electric thingy? = no idea Ice Cream = points ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/17 "2013-01-17T01:01:45Z")
Well it works in Chrome. Maybe it didn’t work at work because we have an old IE, 7. The play button is directly over the second O in Google. As soon as I went there the zamboni was moving around so if it just sits there unmoving you probably can’t play. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/18 "2013-01-17T01:07:06Z")
How do you play it? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/19 "2013-01-17T01:47:41Z")
Just use the arrow keys to move the zamboni around and clean up all the skate marks on the ice. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380/20 "2013-01-17T02:07:42Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Cute little time waster. > > Go to the Google, **John** , there’s a Zamboni game on it. This is what happens when I change my homepage to DuckDuckGo… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-zamboni-is-addictive/647380.md?page=2)