15 Web Addresses for Wasting Time … View At Your Own Risk!
Jack KnightThere’s a lot of articles around about how to make your time more productive. But some days I really don’t want to be productive, and while I should get off my chair and go outside instead I find myself killing time online.
Here are a few of my favourite web addresses for wasting time. (Got your own favourites? Comment them!)

1. MyGame
http://www.mygame.com/
Create your own games and play them with just a photo and some free time
2. Fuzzwich
http://www.fuzzwich.com/minivid/minivid.php
Make hilarious cartoons with Fuzzwich’s video making machine. Complete with music, backgrounds and actors…
3. Strip Generator
http://stripgenerator.com/
Similar to Fuzzwich, strip generator gives you everything you need to make amusing cartoon strips of your very own. You can even “strip blog” which isn’t nearly as risque as it sounds.
4. Url-a-dex
http://www.urladex.com/
Fight for fame and glory by buying and selling shares of websites. Not sure if this is a ‘do something’ or ‘play something’, probably a little in between. The site uses Alexa rankings which everyone knows are somewhat arbitrary which makes it that much more realistic I suppose.

5. Duels
http://www.duels.com/
It’s like Magic the Gathering but online and very, very addictive. Approach with caution!
6. Desktop Tower Defence
http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/game.asp
If you haven’t played DTD you may have been living under a rock. It’s so simple, yet so blindingly addictive. When you find yourself watching videos on YouTube to understand how to top score you know you’ve gone too far.
7. Kongregate
http://www.kongregate.com/
It’s the home of everything gamey, witht 1345 flash games and lots of community, kongregate is games 2.0
8. WeeWar
http://weewar.com
Designer cool meets pixel gaming. Weewar is a round based strategy game that is well wortth seeing.
9. Stackopolis
http://www.stackopolis.com/
A bizarre combination of pixel graphics, tetris and neatness won this little game a webby!
10. Mansion Impossible
http://3form.net/mansion_impossible/
Like property, but too cheap to actually buy any? … fear not with Mansion Impossible you can waste time and get rich … sorta.
11. Kottke’s List
Need More? Try Kottke’s list of addictive online games - http://www.kottke.org/06/12/addictive-little-online-games

12. Newgrounds
http://www.newgrounds.com/
The grand-daddy of Flash movies and games, newgrounds would take years to traverse properly, so there is no way you won’t find something interesting to watch (or play)
13. Trailers on Apple
http://apple.com/trailers
The only drawback to watching trailers is that when you go the cinema the ones before the movie aren’t nearly as exciting as they used to be. Still the great thing about watching trailers is they’re nice and short so you can get back to being productive again … unless of course you start watching another one.
14. Very Funny Ads
http://veryfunnyads.com/
Movies not your thing? How about rampant commercialism made good!
15. Metacafe
http://www.metacafe.com/
Tired of wading through the rubbish on YouTube? Metacafe filters so the quality is much higher meaning even more time wasted.



















Kuswanto
August 23rd, 2007
nice list, this sure will be come in handy for everyday bored or getaway time
Razvan
August 23rd, 2007
There’s another smaller site with funny tv ads: http://www.ifun.ro
~ Razvan
Mike
August 23rd, 2007
You’re right! Whoops… there goes a half hour.
cenourinha
August 23rd, 2007
Just don’t wast your time with this sites please…
Kevin Norman
August 23rd, 2007
You forgot a the best one!! …. freelanceswitch.com
ha
Ron
August 23rd, 2007
how could you forget about http://popurls.com and http://popurls.tv
desiree
August 24th, 2007
Here’s another site to add to the list: tradeyourstuffonline.com!
Dave
August 24th, 2007
The best time waster so far…Travian
Willem Buys
August 24th, 2007
How about http://www.channel101.com ?
AskTheAdmin
August 24th, 2007
Duels is great but for some retro BBS time wasting to take you back to your childhood (or mine) http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/07/dial-up-bulletin-board-system-revisited.html
Play Trade Wars Of YesterYear! You could also stop by AskTheAdmin and NOT waste time but get some good tech advice with some geeky humor to boot!
Rugby World Cup
August 24th, 2007
Awesome article!
I’m already addicted to mansion impossible!
Added this page to my bookmarks :]
Cheers!
-James
Mike
August 24th, 2007
Don’t forget there is Alexa Share (http://www.alexashare.com) which is a much better replacement of Url-a-dex!
jm
August 24th, 2007
try http://rndpic.com/ , nsfw because not all content is categorized but nice !
Troublina
August 24th, 2007
And again you prove just how USELESS this site is. Gratz
crash course
August 24th, 2007
Great list - especially with a bank holiday almost upon us!
Mike
August 24th, 2007
Superficiality at its best - great for an hour college class - http://www.hookthemup.com
Digger
August 24th, 2007
Hand picked music videos, movie reviews, game reviews and much more.
http://www.meatspin.com
jbrock
August 24th, 2007
you forgot two more sites
http://www.astawerks.net
http://www.xtremedirectory.com
bob
August 24th, 2007
I would add http://onlineclock.net …just get stoned and…stare at it
Philip
August 24th, 2007
I wish I could get in to play weewar
Philip
August 24th, 2007
(If anyone could send me an invite, that’d be awesome, pgiven@gmail.com)
Ryan
August 24th, 2007
Everyone’s true favorite time waster is killing zombies!
Phil
August 24th, 2007
http://www.kdice.com
Le Loup
August 24th, 2007
Have you seen the privacy policy of some of these sites?
Duels’ “Privacy” section say “….YOU will not do this. You will not do that” . Never says what they’ll do with your information.
Sara
August 24th, 2007
I’m a fan of goChongo - they seem to have a strange variety of things to kill time. But freelanceswitch is definitely a favorite
Steven Caine
August 24th, 2007
http://www.sidereel.com - far better than metacafe - a video entertainment wiki with thousands of links. a must have.
the game
August 24th, 2007
Greeaaaat. Just what I needed, more ways to surf the web. I already have enough trouble with casual games sites (love space invaders!) and personal development review sites!
Jaye
August 24th, 2007
I love how most of these are sites I’ve already ‘wasted’ my time on T_T
Rxbbx
August 24th, 2007
Urladex.. one of my favorites.. but you also should mention Kdice.. addictive too..
Kevin M. Scarbrough
August 24th, 2007
I’m a big fan of wasting a few minutes here and there on Newstoday myself.
Ammar Khan
August 24th, 2007
I would add http://wiqipedia.org it’s a parody of Wikipedia / satirical Encyclopedia popular amongst high school kids.
Marc P
August 24th, 2007
Yay! And by the way, see the amazing list of 5000 web apps : http://www.fubiz.net/blog/index.php?2007/08/24/1244-web-applications
Ken
August 24th, 2007
I really like http://www.lolviral.com. It has a ton of funny videos and pics!
Joe
August 24th, 2007
You forgot this one:
http://www.FireBettman.com
Niko Bellic
August 24th, 2007
Or
http://www.nabiscoworld.com (addictive games)
http://www.freetube.us.tc (television streams)
http://www.digg.com (highly addictive)
http://www.stumbleupon.com (anything and everything)
Mark Hurst
August 24th, 2007
No link to Good Experience Games? http://www.goodexperience.com/games
Joel Levin
August 24th, 2007
bash.org
subcorpus
August 25th, 2007
i waste my time on apple.com/trailers …
or when i’m in the mood i go to …
http://www.davestrailerpage.co.uk
Mike C.
August 28th, 2007
Actually, a site that I am currently addicted to is Moola.com. The concept is you play games against other people to double your money, if you double it 27 times you will be at a million dollars and you can catch out. The site is 100% free and is supported by ads and advertisers.
Because it is still in its beta stage, It is invite only, so if you are interested and can see yourself playing such a game you can send your self a invite using the link below (please do not waste my invites):
http://www.moola.com:80/moopubs/b2b/exc/join.jsp?sid=4d544d744f4441304e6a633d-2
Steve
August 29th, 2007
I know what I’m upto this afternoon =] Newgrounds has always been damn good for killing time. Cheers
Jasper
December 3rd, 2007
ya, good idea putting newgrounds on that list. I think youtube deservrs a little more attention than you gave. miniclip.com has been distracting me from work for years now, so throw it on while you’re at it.
Tom
December 28th, 2007
You forgot http://www.dailywaste.com
Jonny
January 25th, 2008
Try wastin your time usefully - http://www.freewebs.com/clickforcharity . And yes, Duels is addictive
web design bristol
February 1st, 2008
The ultimate online timewaster http://www.linerider.com - be warned this game is highly addictive!
Rongen
February 23rd, 2008
Here’s a simple and relaxing fun games. http://ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
Laura
March 13th, 2008
Have you checked out http://www.doodlingonline.com?
HerbieHysteria
May 5th, 2008
If you want to really waste time, then go check this out. The internet’s most comprehensive list of all the different shits we shit! Ha! Very witty!