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?
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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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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