Laid Off? No sweat - 11 Games to Pass The time With (page 2)

WoW

Ah yes, World of Warcrack..craft…sorry. If you've been to this alternate reality, you know how things work, and if you've lost your job, maybe you can put this on your resume because it takes so much time it feels like a job. "Work experience," they'll ask at your next interview, and you'll reply, "Level 65 Mage." They'll be so impressed at your dedication to a single task that they'll have to hire you. Or not.

Flashback

Here's an oldie but goodie (one of my all time favorite games from Sega Genesis… "SEGA!!" I miss you, Sega…) where you actually had you apply for a job and do work like deliveries, exploration and…oh yeah, assassinations. If only reality had jobs that were remotely THAT interesting. If my paper route allowed me to carry a gun and blast fools when they got in my way I'd be a much happier man. Also, if I could hear that happy little victory tune whenever I completed a task…

Call of Duty 4

Here's another game that, if you're playing during the middle of the day, you're either playing against kids or guys who are out of work just like you. Birds of a feather search for Hitler together. Or something like that. Who cares…it's multiplayer and it kicks ass. Just don't get pwned by a snot nosed teenager who's skipping school but isn't cool enough to do it Ferris Bueller style and is instead playing games with your sorry ass. 

Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Instead of being the bitch of the economy, you could opt for being Darth Vader's bitch instead. In Force Unleashed, you are Starkiller (it's not as gay as it sounds, honest), Vader's apprentice raised from a small child to do his bidding in kicking the Emperor's ass clear across the galaxy and obtain power for Vader himself. Besides fitting nicely in continuity between the sucky trilogy and the awesome one, it also really just kicks ass to use Force powers as a bad guy and fling Stormtroopers and Rebels aside like so much rubbish, then take on an AT-AT, slash it in HALF with your light saber, only to turn around and face a Rancor and beat it down God of War style. If even one part of that made any sense to you, then you're not only as secretly nerdy as I am, you also need to go get this game. But the second you start constructing your own light saber, you're on your own, buddy.

Alice

So you're getting depressed cause you haven't found a job yet, and you start doing drugs…more consistently. Here's the best game to go along with your new habit. Wanna see something REALLY scary? (10 points to the person who gets that reference) Check out the whacked out psychadelic and virtually insane world of Alice. This ain't Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, baby…this shit's NUTS. Definitely the ultimate way to take your mind off of reality…I mean, besides shrooms…not that I'm condoning drug use at all…I'm gonna shut up now.

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