Christmas season is coming, which traditionally means that things will get slow at work, but that I need to be present nonetheless. To shield myself from debilitating boredom, I would like some suggestions of good browser games, that you can play in the office, preferably without being noticed. Some requirements:
If people don’t directly look at your monitor, it needs to seem somewhat like you’re working. So games that rely on button mashing or quick reflexes are out.
It needs to hold my interest for longer than a few minutes. So no Cookie Clicker or its ilk.
It needs to run a basic IE browser without any exotic plugins. Flash, etc. is fine.
Ideally it should be possible to ALT-TAB away from the game at any time, without your game suffering for it.
Games that I enjoyed previously are Card Hunter (a suggestion on this site a few months ago), and Electric Box.
Town of Salem is one I mentioned a while back, though it may not meet your requirements. Mostly you can refer back to the chat logs if you’re not watching it all the time, but when there is a vote you really should pay attention.
Rebuild is a zombie survival game that I’ve been obsessed with. It’s about gradually reclaiming a town from a growing horde of zombies. The game is randomized so there’s some degree of replayability. So far, I’ve managed to beat the game in 69 days on Nightmare 12x12 but I usually average around 85 days.
Humble Bundle has a handful of games that have been ported to Javascript and run directly in the browser. Most of them are probably too actiony for at work, but FTL is one of them and might fit the bill.
I’m sorry–when you say “Recommend me a browser game” do you mean “Recommend me TO a browser game”? Did you just accidentally leave out the “to”? And if so, why would you want to be recommended to a browser game? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a browser game recommended to you?
I’ve been addicted to Die2nitefor the last two years.
You (and 39 other players) all have to survive in a town as long as you can. You all WILL die (one at a time or in groups) eventually, the question is…when and how long you can delay it.
No, it’s not an MMO, you don’t ever see the people you’re playing with, although you do/can interact with them via a message board and see their actions via a log.
If I were you, I’d do what I did when I first heard of it. Start a game and slowly discover it bit by bit.
I just started this one; it seems interesting. I already hate every single person in my town, though. And am thinking perhaps I am the only female and the only one over 20. Maybe the loud people will all hurry up and die off and then the quiet competent ones emerge?
A warning about Die2Nite - when I played it obsessively a couple of years ago, to do well you pretty much had to have organised scavenging expeditions with everyone online and co-ordinating just before and just after the gates closed. It may have changed, and it may not be an issue with your requirements, but worth bearing in mind.
