Hobbies And Interests
Online Gambling
Casino games are numerous and easy to find online. The same games traditionally found in live casinos are available in electronic form on gaming sites, such as slots, black jack and roulette. Gambling sites feature either games where no actual money gets wagered, or games allowing participants to place bets. Laws vary from state to state about the availability or limitations of playing on these sites. Users should research what the governing laws in their area are before playing on gambling sites for money.
Arcade Games
Many arcade gaming websites feature the same classic games that played on machines in arcades, such as Pac Man, Centipede and Space Invaders. These action games often have players shooting at targets or outrunning adversaries. Some also involve searching for clues.
Board Games
Board games are online imitations of the traditional games people play, such as Scrabble. Hasbro, the manufacturer of the hands-on version of Scrabble, produce online games for their website based on their top-selling board game. Hasbro also offers online versions of other top-selling board games, such as Monopoly, Battleship and Yahtzee.
Game Shows
Many popular television game shows have online versions available for fans to play. For instance, a visit to the Wheel of Fortune website, WheelofFortune.com, allows site visitors to try playing the game. Users may select an avatar to play with. Just like the television version, players spin the wheel, choose letters and buy vowels to try and solve the puzzle. Sony Pictures, who owns Wheel of Fortune, also has an online version available of their other popular game show, Jeopardy!
Puzzles
Fans of doing puzzles have numerous options to play online. For example, people can play the famous New York Times crossword puzzle on their website, NYTimes.com for a fee. Subscribers may print the puzzle and work on it the old fashion way on paper, play against others online or play by themselves. Subscribers also have access to an archive of past puzzles appearing in the paper.
Jigsaw puzzles also have online counterparts. PuzzleFactory.com has puzzles available to play featuring pictures from popular movies, such as "Twilight" and "Bambi", as well as other popular genres, like television shows, cartoons and sports. Players move the puzzle pieces by clicking and dragging them into the correct location with their computer mouse.