Results tagged “games” from The official blog of Vat19.com

The Foosball Coffee Table might not be the most sophisticated coffee table I've ever seen, but it definitely is one of the neatest. Foosball is fun and not everyone has a game room or a finished basement to store the table in, so this is a way to have a foosball table if you don't have a lot of extra space in your house.

Coffee tables aren't tall, so I understand why this isn't tall. But crouching down to play foosball is not ideal. Nonetheless, this table is still pretty awesome. At $499 with free shipping, that isn't a bad deal. Nice coffee tables without foosball playing capability can cost at least that much!

You'd think the energy drink trend would be played out by now, but it's not.

For just $2.99 you can score yourself a can of Pac-Man Power Up Energy Drink. I get that people love retro stuff and like to try weird drinks, but Pac-Man doesn't seem like the type of video game that should be associated with an energy drink. For World of Warcraft, sure. But not for Pac-Man.

You can also get a can of Donkey Kong Jungle Juice Energy Drink for $2.49. Apparently Donkey Kong can't command the $2.99 price like Pac-Man can.

If you're looking for a useful and unique Pac-Man gift that doesn't have the douchebag factor associated with energy drinks, check out the Pac-Man Pot Holder.

Celebrities that have fallen off the A-list often end up hosting game shows or reality shows just to stay in "the business" and get a paycheck. I suppose there is a slight chance that they are merely fulfilling their lifelong dream of hosting a game show, but I doubt that is typically the case. I love Family Feud, but I don't really want to see J. Peterman or Al Borland doing the hosting. I'd rather see Seinfeld and Home Improvement back on the air! (Side note: Did J.T.T. fall off the face of the earth?)

Game shows are crazier and crappier than ever. If you watched even just 10 seconds of Hole in the Wall, you know what I'm talking about. Each TV season brings a new batch of terrible game shows. Here are some shows that might be in-the-works when these celebrities fall off the A-list. I don't know that Angelina Jolie will ever drop off the A-list, I hope and pray that Paris Hilton does soon, and Dick Cheney was barely on the political A-list as Vice President, so he's definitely well on his way to the D-list.

Angelina Jolie, host of Spin The Bottle: Family Edition

You don't have any friends to sit in your circle? No problem, just gather 'round your siblings.

Paris Hilton, host of Hot Potato

Of course, one of the rules is that you have to say "That's hot" when you get the potato passed to you.

Dick Cheney, host of Duck, Duck, Goose

Just to keep the show fresh and exciting, sometimes he'll yell "Quail!" and shoot a shotgun without looking.

Did you ever have to take keyboarding class in school? It was really boring and you wanted to slap your teacher when she came to your desk and held a folder over the keyboard so you couldn't look at your hands. The class would have been more fun (and I use the term fun loosely here) if you could play games while improving your super fast typing skills.

TypeRacer lets you race against other users. Keyboarding class would've been better if you were racing against your friends (and enemies). Ultimately the nerds would prevail, and then the cool kids would decide to make it uncool to be a fast typer. Life's rough.

As you type out sentences (watch out, punctuation matters!), your little car moves further along. When I tested it out, the sentences ended up being quotes from a movie, and of course, there's a link to buy the movie. No harm in trying to make a little money in exchange for providing a silly typing diversion, right?

I flew past my competitors at 83 wpm. I don't think that is very good, but user Cody came in last at 32 wpm. Cody is probably an 8-year-old, but a win is a win!

You can also do a speed test at 10 Fast Fingers. This is a no frills speed test. No cute little cars. No odd movie lines. No competitors. However, you do get a ranking among the hundreds of thousands of people who have played.

74 words

Speed test

In my defense of that score, they randomly threw in one capitalized word "Indian". Out of no where I had to use the dang Shift key. My pinkie was totally unprepared to make that move.

See how fast (or slow) you type and leave your score in the comments. If you get caught by your boss, he can't get mad at you. It improves your on-the-job skills!

Just when you think you've seen just about every version of Monopoly available, inevitably, there's still more to stumble upon. Enter: Ghettopoly. I found this online, and apparently, it was created in 2003 by a guy named David Chang which caused major controversy amongst the Hasbro team who are the original creators of "Monopoly." Where was I when all this happened?


The game features:

• Game Board
• Pink Slip Cards
• Ghetto Doe Counterfeit Money & Loan Shark Tray
• Ghetto Stash and Hustle Cards
• 40 Crack Houses
• 17 Projects
• 7 Collectible Pewter Tokens: Pimp, Hoe, 40 oz, Machine Gun, Marijuana Leaf, Basketball, and Crack Rock
• Non-metallic Dice
• Rules


Oh, and don't forget, you can have 2-7 playas!

I think I want to play just to read some of the "Ghetto Stash" and "Hustle" cards. Nothing beats "Let$ Roll Steal $$$" right after paying a fine for a card that read, "You found out today that the chicken head you be messin wit last night has STD's. Pay $50 for a shot of antibiotics."

I don't know about you, but I want to buy this game A.S.A.P. Sadly, I have to report that production has since been terminated following the lawsuit Hasbro brought against Chang. However, this website has a few copies left, in case you want to stock up for future ghetto adventures.

P.S. I must admit that these game pieces are hilarious.

Since our last online game post was so popular, we've decided to do it again with 10 new games. As before, we do have standards:

·No downloads. (Unless your web browser is missing the appropriate plug-ins)
·Easy to learn. All of the games below are extremely easy to learn.
·Fun. No matter how simple or easy they may be, some games are just not fun (we’re STILL looking at you, Every Second Counts.)

And so, the list...

10. Off the Rails – Just a word of warning before you get into this one - There's no way you're going to convince anyone that you're actually doing real work when you're busy slamming the left and right arrow keys like they're giving out prizes to the first guy to break his keyboard. Even still, it's kind of fun until your fingers start to hurt.

9. Balls - It's not often that a game opens by telling you that you have microscopic balls. It's really not as bad as it sounds.

8. Pile O Bubbles - This one's fun and a little different than most of the games you see floating around. I have a feeling that it might get old after a while, but it's definitely worth a few rounds. If you're prone to browser game addiction, steer clear.

Since pretty much everyone can appreciate the occasional online game break, we’ve decided to offer up some of our favorites. To make our list, they needed to meet three criteria:

·No downloads. (Unless your web browser is missing the appropriate plug-ins)
·Easy to learn. All of the games below are extremely easy to learn, and a few are variations on classic board games.
·Fun. No matter how simple or easy they may be, some games are just not fun (we’re looking at you, Every Second Counts.)


So without wasting any more of your time, here’s the list:

10. QWERTY Warriors – If Mavis Beacon’s typing games got you all hot and bothered, you’ll love QWERTY Warrors. You play the role of a little guy in the middle of a field as all kinds of robotic enemies advance towards you. To kill them, you type their “name” and hit Enter.

9. The Like Better Game - This is the kind of “game” that appeals to people who sit around taking personality tests and posting them to their MySpace profiles. The site shows you a series of pictures and you just click on the one you like better. Every so often, the little pink brain will light up to let you know that it knows something about you (based on your choices).

8. Word Puzzles - If you like getting headaches, you’ll love the lateral thinking and logic puzzles at Folj.com. They offer hints and solutions, so you won’t go through all that suffering without the sweet release of knowing the true answer.

7. Web Sudoku - Unlike pencil and paper version of the game, Web Sudoku has a feature called “How am I Doing?” that allows you to check your work at any time.

6. Shuffle - All you have to do with this one is use your red balls to knock off the opponents yellow balls. It’s incredibly simple and totally addictive.

5. Dice Mogul - Dice Mogul is like Monopoly with a mean streak. In addition to buying properties and adding buildings, you can get bonuses that allow you to steal properties or delete an opponent’s bonuses.

4. Sim City Classic - Unfortunately, you’ll have to register for this one. It’s worth it, though. If you grew up with computers, you’ll almost definitely feel a bit nostalgic playing the original SimCity.

3. Trivial Blitz - They supply the category, you select the boxes that fit in the category. You get more money with each selection, but you risk it all with each move.

2. BoomShine - Deceptively simple. You click the dot and it expands, setting off a chain reaction of expanding dots with each one it touches. Your goal is to include as many dots as possible in each chain reaction.

1. Quick Stack - Quick Stack is quick, simple, colorful, and highly addictive. The upside, though, is that you’ll probably get sick of in less than 20 minutes, so it won’t distract you from too much work.