Games in the Workplace?

Anonymous Coward asks: "Back in the day it was not uncommon for games to contain 'Escape Buttons' and other commands to quickly exit a game. These games appealed to the Geek at Work as he could fill in his Friday afternoon and as soon as he heard his boss' shoes approaching, he could escape from the third dungeon and return to his spreadsheet. Yet games today are not allowing such activities to occur. Most games are requiring so much dedicated action that it is impossible to play a game and still switch back and forth without long delays. Where are the games for the worker?"

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I can see it now ...

Boss: Hey, Jeff, Let me use your computer for an email - I left my laptop back in HQ.

Jeff the sys-admin: Ehhh ... (Quickly hits minimized) OK - here you go.

Boss (sitting down): Sorry to stop your working.

Jeff (smiling ironically): No problem.

Boss: What is this - Quarterly Expense Reports. Why would a Sys-Admin like you have anything to do with Quarterly Expense Reports?

Jeff: Errrr ...

Boss: Come to think of it - I thought Accounting was still preparing them in confidentiality.

Jeff: Errr ..

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Boss: What's the meaning of this? You must that corporate spy from our rivals, MeAc Corp!

Jeff: Nononono ...

Boss: You're fired!

Games for who?

[prakashj79]

Where are the games for the worker?

For the non-worker you mean...

There is a thin line between laid back and laid off

This is a great game!

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