How to properly waste time

If you are like me, then you spend the majority of your life in front of a computer. Most of this time is spent doing work, learning, and reading. I'd like to spend my break or free time doing something leisurely like playing a game. Well most work places won't allow you to download and install games, and solitaire can get pretty boring after the millionth time you play it. There is an alternative though... flash games! Yes, these browser based games are becoming very complex and creative nowadays. You can find thousands of sites that host flash games, but I know of only one that does it the best. Kongregate.com
Kongregate has been around for only a couple years, but they have grown enormously. They have taken flash gaming to an all new level. Not only do you have over 3000 games to choose from but they are all scored based on player reviews. A star scale from 1-5 lets you know what others think as well as a comment system. There is also an achievement like system that I think is derived from Xbox360's own achievement system.

Certain flash games, usually the popular ones, are given badges to earn. A badge has four difficulty levels: easy, medium, hard, and impossible. Points are given for each badge earned, easy being 5, and impossible being a whopping 60. Each game you rate also gives you a point to add. As your points increase, you gain levels. So far this leveling system only shows how much time you've wasted or how competitive you are. As an added bonus usually each Thursday a challenge is posted. The challenges are like mini badges, but you receive a special Card for Kongregates own card game called Kongai. Kongai is part of a premium games pack created by Kongregate. These games usually have a lot more content and effort put into them, which separates them from everyday flash games usually created by one or two people.

It even has a chat room system that is unheard of for flash gaming sites. You can join a chat room at random, or switch between tons of rooms to find one you particularly like. Sometimes the chat rooms can get out of control, but there's always a mod nearby to get things back in order. I will commend them on this too. I've never seen a site that cared so much for their users than Kongregate.
With such a massive amount of games, you come across a broad assortment of game styles from simple Tetris and Snake clones, to complex TD (tower defense) games, and story driven RPG's. There are even a couple multi-player games if you want direct competition. You can favorite the games you like, or search by tags given to games. If you wish to not sign up for an account, you'll be limited to only playing the games. Points, badges, and challenges are not available for guest.

You can find my profile under Professor Chaos, and yea... I spend a lot of time there.