5 fun, quick Google games for your next break

When you think of Google, casual gaming probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.

But the search giant happens to have a downright enormous cache of diversions over on its Arts & Culture site. At your disposal: everything from virtual pottery to travel adventures to music makers and more. Here are five of my favorites.

Cultural Crosswords

Have fun with humanity’s greatest invention, the crossword puzzle, and learn something at the same time with Google’s Cultural Crosswords offering.

There are five categories to choose from, spanning the arts, geography, sci-tech, fashion, and nature. The puzzles offer up a good mix of challenging clues but aren’t so difficult that you’ll get bogged down all morning trying to solve them.

Puzzle Party

Humanity’s second greatest invention, the jigsaw puzzle, gets digitized and thrust into the 21st century with Puzzle Party. You’ve got a wide range of art-themed puzzles to choose from, and easy, medium, and difficult skill options.

Best of all, you can invite other people to remotely work on puzzles with you. It’s all the fun of puzzling without the initial sorting, piece flipping, and cleanup.

Art Coloring Book

Take an existing masterpiece and make it your own: That’s the promise of Art Coloring Book, a Zen-like experience that ensures you always stay within the lines. If you can’t get enough coloring but you’re going to be offline for a bit, there’s a handy 39-page printable version that ought to keep you occupied for quite some time.

Fourth of July Fireworks

Like any human being with a soul, I love a good fireworks show. And with the Fourth of July Fireworks game, I can put on a jaw-dropping display any day of the year. Part pyrotechnic extravaganza, part rhythm-based timing game, you’ll need to hit one of five buttons at just the right moment to send a respectable blast into the air.

You can also choose from some very cool venues: Liberty Island in New York, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, and a few others.

Guess the Line

Who among us doesn’t enjoy having our drawing skills judged by a cutesy AI robot? When you play Guess the Line, you’re given a Pictionary-like clue, which you then must draw for the robot to guess.

You’ve got 60 seconds to score as many points as you can. Clues start on the easier side–”draw a TV”–and get progressively harder. I failed miserably when tasked with drawing an “architectural dress” (whatever that means).

Games galore

As mentioned, these five just barely scratch the surface. There’s a veritable treasure trove of diversions over in the Play section of Google’s Arts & Culture site.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90775950/best-google-games?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Établi 3y | 10 août 2022 à 07:20:45


Connectez-vous pour ajouter un commentaire

Autres messages de ce groupe

This free music-streaming site can replace your Spotify subscription

You know what I miss? Listening to the radio.

I’ve always loved background music, which helps me focus. But modern music-streaming services can be distracting.

Yes, I enjoy hav

1 févr. 2025 à 13:30:06 | Fast company - tech
OpenAI begins releasing its next generation of reasoning models with o3-mini

OpenAI released its newest reasoning model, called o3-mini, on Friday. OpenAI says the model delivers more intelligence than OpenAI’s first s

31 janv. 2025 à 21:20:04 | Fast company - tech
Logan and Jake Paul reveal ‘Paul American’ Max reality show

It looks like brothers Jake and Logan Paul won’t be squaring off in the boxing ring anytime soon. Instead, they are launching a family reality series, Paul American, starting March 27 on

31 janv. 2025 à 19:10:04 | Fast company - tech
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky explains how he helped Sam Altman during OpenAI’s 2023 board fiasco

After 17 years, Airbnb’s Brian Chesky is hitting reset—reinventing the business from the ground up and expanding the brand in unexpected ways. Chesky joins Rapid Response to explain why n

31 janv. 2025 à 19:10:03 | Fast company - tech
The Hawk Tuah girl remains radio silent after her crypto controversy

Has anyone checked in on Hawk Tuah girl? 

“When are we getting a new Talk Tuah episode? We’re starving for more Talk Tuah,” one X

31 janv. 2025 à 19:10:02 | Fast company - tech
Capital One’s new AI agent will help you buy your next car

Capital One has launched an AI agent designed to help consumers with one of the most frustrating, time-consuming processes in life: buying a car. 

The banking giant’s Chat Concierge

31 janv. 2025 à 16:40:07 | Fast company - tech