Feeling Bored Online? Top things to do
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Top things to do
This has happened to us all, we have a certain routine online, check the email, browse some forums, do some hubbing, chat a bit on messenger ... and now what ? There is certainly a lot of new and fresh things to see and do online, problem is sometimes we just don't know where to look.
Here are some of the places i go, and things i do when i am feeling bored online and have time to spare.
good viral video
1. Check Latest Video Trends
We all know youtube is the place to go, and we are, on a daily basis, redirected to it, to see this or that, but there is also a place where you can check out the latest in viral video in form of a chart.
Here you can see a list of the most viral videos out there in the specific moment you enter the website, this is great fun because you will soon get an email by someone commenting on one of those videos, so why not lead the pack and get to them first.
2. Play a Quick Flash Game
Ok, maybe this one is not for all, but still, I'm almost 100% positive that you will find a game that you can identify with, there are also lots of sites out there, but only a few are the real content generators. My favourite is hands down, newgrounds, but there are several others out there just has good (adultswingames, kongregate ...), newgrounds has more flash movies than games, so if this clicks you button also, go for it.
Either way i guarantee that you will have a great time, and the best part is you don't have to install anything on your computer, just browse away.
Fanta Shokata Oldie
BombayTV
3. Custom movie Subtitling
This one gave me a lot of laughs and still those from time to time, if you are old enough you surely remember the hype around Fanta Shokata Videos, they were just some small video clips from bollywood i assume, that we could customize to our own subtitles and send to friends. Sadly shokata is no longer among us, but there are similar ones that share the same principals.
BombayTV, is the best atm, you have the ability to record your own dialog, use text to speech, or the classic subtitles, they have a good amount of video clips, and will soon be as epic as the shokata movies were.
Similar to bombayTV, good videos, not bollywood tough, but still good if you know how the play the cards.
Either of these website allow the export the video to a lot of popular social sites, and also email, don't need to send them to youtube to share, just use the link provided. Again you and your friends will have great laughs out of this one.
4. Online Pictionary
Have you ever played pictionary, that game where one draws something on a piece of paper, and the other have to guess what that is ? Well now you can do it with someone at the other end of the world, in the comfort of your computer. It is called XSketch, is not really a new thing out there, but its great fun, to test your drawing and guessing skills.
You have to register to play, and get points for guessing words, and also if someone guesses your drawings. Give it a go.
5. Look for Stuff at Google Earth
Imagine you want to go on vacations somewhere, see where a friend lives, or just plain curious what do other cities around the world look like, you can use google earth, if you go for a major city, you can even really have a clear notion of things using street-view. It is really just brilliant the freedom we have nowadays to look for these kind of things, you can also check out websites that found funny pictures on street-view (http://www.streetviewfun.com/).
Now just zoom it close enough, and drag that little orange man to the place you want to see on street view, wait a few seconds and there you have it. Anyway you put it, just having the ability to go anywhere you want and have a look is almost a gift from above.
Final Toughts
There you have it, this is enough to keep you busy for a while, but let me and other readers know if have anything fun to add to this, as me and almost certainly all of us like to here about new fun things out there.
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Comments
Yep metal slug is a good classic, even at the arcades, but nowadays I just play whatever new stuff comes up that keeps my motivated for a bit.











MistHaven says:
2 months ago
I used to kill much time online playing flash games, mostly while I was at work, lol. My favorite has got to be Metal Slug Neo. That game is amazing.