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WHITE CHAMBER

Escape from your very own chamber

of horrors

White Chamber imitates your

cube-farm existence by plac-

ing you in a room that you must

escape. By searching the room

and clicking objects, you collect

items you use to solve various

puzzles. Once you make your

escape, check out the two previ-

ous chapters of the game, Crimson

Room and Viridian Room.

http://tinyurl.com/ryqv6

VIRTUAL POLICE:

THE GENOME

WAR

Yippee ki yay, ready to play John

McClane while on your lunch break?

It’s truly amazing that what was state

of the art in coin ops in 1994 can be

played in a fl ash player today. Sure,

Virtual Police isn’t as graphically intense

(if you can still call it that) as Sega’s

coin-op hit Virtua Cop, but the game

captures the fl avor and feel of the origi-

nal in the same way a graphic novel can

capture a feature fi lm. It’s somehow the

same yet different.

http://tinyurl.com/23t2am

TAROT CARD

READER

It’s like having a grizzled gypsy

at your beck and call

For centuries answer seekers

have turned to tarot cards for

mystical insight. And why not?

Looking for direction in the

cards’ symbol-laden imagery is

no more outlandish than con-

sulting a horoscope or hiring a

life coach. Tarot Card Reader

marries that ancient art with

the ease and immediacy of the

digital age. When confu-

sion over life’s big or little

issues hits you, turn to the

old, wise woman that is the

web. Once in the browser-

based Tarot Card Reader,

choose the Romance,

Career, or Friends category;

type in your pressing ques-

tion; and then carefully

select the three cards that

will spell your fate. You will

have fun mulling over the

cards’ meaning, and you

just might come to count

on their wisdom.

http://tinyurl.com/yv96qr http://tinyurl.com/yv96qr

PUZZLE

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TERRIFIC

TIME-WASTERS

ADVICE

PUZZLE

UNIQUE IQ TESTS

Goose your gray matter

There’s nothing like the

daily grind to make you

feel bored and burned out.

And, really, after years of

tedium you probably are a

little brain dead. To know

for sure, launch Unique

IQ Tests. This collection

of timed puzzles will test

your mental acuity and then

spit out a score that neatly

sums up your intelligence.

http://tinyurl.com/2979er

SHOOTER

For a full list of games, go to http://www.maximumpc.com/timewasters

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