I don't feel quite right calling chess a waste of time
but...
Gameknot provides online chessplay for free. It's turn-based chess, the way
people used to play by mail, in fact. You can setup a time between moves, and this could be several days. There's even
an RSS feed to tell you when it's your turn. And if that's not enough, there's an IE
toolbar to remind you. If chess isn't your bag, try out a Java
versions of
Lines or Reversi (because can you really have too many
versions of those?). Really, if you're tired of playing a computer AI in your chess games though, this appears to be a
solid alternative. Well, you could also go find a living human nearby, but who has the time?
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
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Shedlord said 5:02PM on 12-27-2005
For free real-time chess on the net your best bet is registering with FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) - http://www.freechess.org/ - then using something like the free Babaschess to connect and play - http://www.babaschess.net/
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