Game: Square Meal

Find it at: http://www.nitrome.com/games/squaremeal/

You’ll love this game if: You always loved Pac-Man, but felt it needed a few more action options.

Distraction time: An hour or three.

Getting started: Click “Play.” Then click the 1P Game option. Grab fruit, pick up blocks, throw blocks at the monsters, eat the monsters. Simple!

Why it’s worth sharing: Silly, easy to play, and fun for the whole family.

Game: Tetris’d

Find it at: http://www.addictinggames.com/tetrisd.html

You’ll love this game if: You always wanted a little ninja to climb the blocks as you played Tetris.

Distraction time: Five minutes to five hours.

Getting started: Click “Play Tetris’d.” Then use the arrow keys to move, and the J and K keys to climb walls and roll uphill.

Why it’s worth sharing: Two words: Tetris. Ninja.

Hint for the Terminally Stuck: Try the “Tutorial” button before playing.

Game: Alter Ego

Game: Alter Ego

Find it at: http://www.playalterego.com/

You’ll love this game if: You’d like to try living out your whole life over the course of an hour or two.

Distraction time: Hours.

Getting started: Click “Play the Game Online” – and then live your life any way you please.

Why it’s worth sharing: Who wouldn’t love a chance to live life over and over again, choosing the paths not taken on each retry?

Game: Circle the Cat

Game: Circle the Cat

Find it at: http://www.members.shaw.ca/gf3/circle-the-cat.html

You’ll love this game if: It makes you feel intelligent when you outsmart sassy pets.

Distraction time: Somewhere between ten minutes and two hours.

Getting started: Click the light green tiles to turn them into dark green tiles – and use the dark green tiles to capture the cat in… a circle.

Why it’s worth sharing: Because you know you can beat the cat if you try just one… more… time…

Hint for the Terminally Stuck: Don’t try to catch the kitty in a large circle – try to catch it in a smaller one and then shrink the circle from there.