About Today: Free Online Games 1/21/11

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor Welcome to Friday, International Day of Wasting Time on the Computer. This is a much beloved pretend holiday, because it happens once a week, which is about as often as we need holidays during the winter.

Free Online Games  The best way to waste time on the computer is playing games. And the best games are free ones. No sense in wasting money while you're wasting time. Free Action Puzzle Games Top Online Game Trends of the Decade

Play Scrabble Online  This is my personal favorite. Playing Scrabble online makes me feel slightly more virtuous than other games, because it almost feels like I'm reading at the same time. Where to Play Checkers Online Before You Buy a PC Graphics Card See More About:  scrabble  playing games online

Fun Facebook Games That Aren't Farmville  If you don't use Facebook, you probably haven't gotten a party invitation since 2008. So it makes sense that the site that's running our social lives outside of the computer is taking over our fake social lives inside it. OK, Fine: More About Farmville Top Internet Games See More About:  facebook games  farming games  country story

Who Gets Addicted to Online Games?  And of course there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Here's how to tell if your online gaming habit is an innocent time waster or a real problem. What Is Video Game Addiction? Is Video Game Addiction Real? See More About:  gaming addiction  addictive behavior characteristics