Hi this is Phil from Make Tech Easier and welcome to six hidden Google games
you can play when you are bored.
Are you bored? Do you like playing games?
Does the prospect of playing games sound like a cure for your boredom?
Luckily for you Google has your back. The company whose name has become a verb for
searching things on the Internet is known for their love of Easter Eggs, as
evidenced by playfully trolling users with the definition of recursion, for
providing the answer to the ultimate question, Google likes to play around. It
should come as no surprise to find out that Google actually has a number of
games hidden within its products. Whether you are procrastinating at work or bored
out of your mind in class, follow these instructions to access hidden Google
games. Flight Simulator (Google Earth). It's been around for years but Google Earth
is still kind of mind-blowing, letting you whiz around the planet and zoom in
on just about anything anywhere in the world . . . well, apart from military bases,
North Korea and the usual sketchy stuff. Better still Google Earth has a built in
flight simulator that lets you travel around the world using an actual plane.
You can even choose whether to fly an SR-22 or F-16 jet and play using a
joystick if you have one. Our advice is to turn on 3D buildings as well, which
means you'll get to experience cities like San Francisco in their murky,
textured but nontheless 3D glory. To access it you need to download and
install Google Earth on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer then from the menu
click tools -> enter flight simulator at the top. T-Rex Run (Google Chrome browser)
Google knows that the absence of the Internet can make people lose their
minds. Luckily Google hopes to stave off violent reactions with this cute and
addictive game. One of the more well known hidden games
this one requires Google's Chrome browser. Starring a lone T-Rex in 8-bit
glory you jump over cacti and evade flying pterodactyls in this endless
runner. To play shut off your device's Wi-Fi or fire up Chrome when you have no
access to the Internet. When presented with the unable to connect to the
Internet screen (featuring the afore mentioned T-Rex) hit the spacebar or tap
on your screen if you're on a tablet or phone. Get ready because the deceptively
easy game is about to begin. Just keep hitting that spacebar to jump.
Zerg Rush (Google search). Referencing the seminal realtime strategy game Starcraft, Zerg
Rush is a little simpler than Blizzard's seminal game. For those who have never
played Starcraft the Zerg are a race of insect like aliens. Performing a "Zerg
Rush" requires a plan to quickly amass a large army of weak units and use them
to overwhelm an enemy. Search Zerg Rush in Google and prepare yourself as Google
O's swarm in from all corners of your screen. Eventually the O's will destroy
the search results, but you can eliminate them by clicking on them with your mouse.
How long will you last? Pac-Man (Google search). This custom Pac-Man game appeared
as a Google doodle on May 21st 2010. This playable version of Pac-Man was made to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the incredibly popular arcade game. To start
munching on pac dots, simply Google "pacman" and you can get down to the
timeless business of avoiding Inky, Pinky, Blinky . . . and Clyde.
Snake (Google Search). Prepare to feel like Marty McFly and go back in time. The
Google Doodle commemorating the 2013 Chinese New Year features a classic game
from the Nokia era mobile phone dominance. That's right a version of
Snake is playable within Google's search engine. To play punch in Google Snake
Game and click on the top result. Breakout (Google search) Breakout is the
1972 arcade game developed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Players control a
paddle that bounces a ball into bricks arranged at the top of the screen. The
goal is to volley the ball back forth between paddle and bricks
until all the bricks are knocked out. To access this classic type Atari Breakout
into Google's image search. All of the search results will morph into bricks.
Control the paddle with the arrow keys or your mouse.
Honorable mention: SixDegrees of Kevin Bacon. In a 1994 interview with Premiere magazine, actor
Kevin Bacon made an offhand comment about how he had worked with everyone in
Hollywood, or someone who's worked with them. This spiraled into a game
based on the "six degrees of separation" between him and other actors. This
concept suggests that any two people on Earth lost six or fewer links apart. In
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon a player names any actor and attempts to connect
him or her to Bacon in six or fewer people. Google technicians must have a
lot of free time on their hands since they integrated the game into the Google
search engine simply type in any actor's name followed by "Bacon Number" to see how
far removed the actor is from Kevin Bacon. Bonus challenge: can you find an actor
with a Bacon Number of four or above? If so post the actors name in the comments
and revel in your mastery of Kevin Bacon related movie trivia. Ok as always thanks
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See you next time!
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