{"id":9087,"date":"2017-05-26T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T12:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/?p=9087"},"modified":"2017-05-26T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T12:43:34","slug":"kill-time-cool-google-search-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/general\/kill-time-cool-google-search-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Kill Time With These Cool Google Search Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cAll work and no play is not good for the soul.\u201d \u2013 Felix Sabates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you bored or just looking to pass some time, Google has your back! And in typical Google fashion they have hidden some absolute gems to help pass time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it doesn&#8217;t come easy. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like a good Easter egg hunt\u00a0if you search long and hard enough, you\u2019ll find some hidden gems,\u00a0so whether you are procrastinating or just plain old bored, why not try your hand at racking up new high scores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go back to a time when smartphones never existed, and Nokia was sitting cosily on the throne of cellphone technology. There were many high score competitions with our beloved snake. To play, enter Google Snake Game, and click on the top result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9089 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game.png\" alt=\"Snake Game\" width=\"798\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game.png 798w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game-500x239.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game-613x293.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game-400x191.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Snake-Game-680x326.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breakout<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed in 1972 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, the game remains to be an all-time classic. To play enter Atari Breakout, and click on the top result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9093 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-1024x567.png\" alt=\"ATARI\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-500x277.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-613x339.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-840x465.png 840w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-400x221.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-60x33.png 60w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI-680x376.png 680w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ATARI.png 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When dial-up was the order of the day, you would find yourself spending hours on the classic Windows Solitaire game. Pick up where you left off, some 10 years ago by entering Solitaire, and clicking on the top window that appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9090 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE.png\" alt=\"SOLITAIRE\" width=\"681\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE.png 681w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE-500x296.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE-613x363.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE-400x237.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE-60x36.png 60w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SOLITAIRE-680x402.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tic Tac Toe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is never just a \u2018quick\u2019 game of Tic Tac Toe, and I&#8217;m sure we can all bare testament this from our younger days at school. Re-live those moments by playing against the Google bots. To play enter Tic Tac Toe, and get ready to line up those X&#8217;s or O\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TIC-TAC-TOE.png\" alt=\"TIC TAC TOE\" width=\"676\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TIC-TAC-TOE.png 676w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TIC-TAC-TOE-500x333.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TIC-TAC-TOE-613x408.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TIC-TAC-TOE-400x266.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TIC-TAC-TOE-60x40.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pac-Man<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic is an understatement. I\u2019m sure if we were to count all the hours we spent playing Ms Pac-Man it will equate to weeks on end. Google is re-invented the game, by making it trickier, all the while keeping its authentic feel. Gobble the dots and avoid the ghosts, by entering Pac-Man, and clicking on the top window that appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9088 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PACMAN.png\" alt=\"PACMAN\" width=\"626\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PACMAN.png 626w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PACMAN-500x254.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PACMAN-613x311.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PACMAN-400x203.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PACMAN-60x30.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zerg Rush<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An online gaming term used to describe an overwhelming scale of attack carried out by one player against another in Real Time Strategy (RTS). Enter Zerg Rush, and prepare yourself to eliminate all the Google Os as that appear from all corners of your screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9095 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Zerg-Rush.png\" alt=\"Zerg Rush\" width=\"630\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Zerg-Rush.png 630w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Zerg-Rush-500x154.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Zerg-Rush-613x189.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Zerg-Rush-400x123.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Zerg-Rush-60x18.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>T-Rex Run<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I felt that T-Rex Run deserves a spot on our list, purely because it helps keep sanity in otherwise a volatile situation. The adored T-Rex is available when there is no Internet connection. To play simply hit the space bar and get ready to hop, skip and duck for your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9092 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX.png\" alt=\"TREX\" width=\"681\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX.png 681w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX-500x137.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX-613x167.png 613w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX-400x109.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX-60x16.png 60w, https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TREX-680x186.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy playing, I hope you have as much fun as I had while doing &#8216;research&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll work and no play is not good for the soul.\u201d \u2013 Felix Sabates If you bored or just looking to pass some time, Google has your back! And in typical Google fashion they have hidden some absolute gems to help pass time. But it doesn&#8217;t come easy. Like a good Easter egg hunt\u00a0if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":9098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/145134.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdAWxt-2mz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9101,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087\/revisions\/9101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}