12

These browser-

based puzzles

and games will

fi ll your free time

with fun!

You’ve fi led your last TPS report, delivered integrated solutions to

actionable items, and thought outside the box to encapsulate syner-

gistic value enhancement, and yet, somehow the clock is pegged at

4:50—immobile, mocking you as you try to fi nd a way to spend the

fi nal 10 minutes of your day before you can strip off the yoke of your

middle-management overlords. You consider ducking out but know

that to avoid the next round of right-sizing, you should remain chained

to your desk until 5:01. But just what should you do as you watch the

clock tick away?

To make the end of the day a bit easier on you, we’ve scoured the

Internet to fi nd 12 fantastic games that will run in your browser—no

downloads, no spyware, nothing to raise the suspicions of the IT

department. Go ahead, devote some time to refi ning your zombie-

fragging techniques, consulting tarot cards for guidance on future

employment opportunities, or increasing your self-esteem by trouncing

a coworker in a paper-airplane-fl ying contest. Remember, the man can

keep you chained to your desk, but he can never take your spirit dur-

ing those fi nal soul-crushing minutes of the workday!

TERRIFIC

TIME-WASTERS

BY THE MAXIMUM PC STAFF

38 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2007