Google Pacman
This was originally a Google Doodle (the best Doodle, in my opinion), celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pacman. Type “Google Pacman” into the search box, and a playable version of Google Pacman will pop up. Play with your arrow keys.
Atari Breakout
Perform a Google search for “Atari Breakout,” and then browse the “Images” search result tab. You'll be treated to a playable version of the game.
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey Easter egg
First, perform a Google search for “Police Telephone Box.”
Choose the “Maps” search result tab and you'll be taken to one very specific box in London. Switch over to Street View, and attempt to navigate yourself into the box.
If you do everything right, you'll wind up inside the Dr. Who TARDIS time machine.
Dinorunner
Typically, seeing the “There is no Internet connection” notification in your browser is a bummer. But if you use Google Chrome, you can unlock a simple-but-addictive runner mini game by pressing your keyboard space bar while on the page.
Watch out for the cacti, brave dino!
Zerg Rush!
Type “zerg rush” into Google's search box, and your search results will be attacked by red and yellow Os acting like zerglings in the real-time strategy game StarCraft. If you do nothing, the Os will quickly eat up all the search results and eventually spell out GG (Good game) on your screen. But you're not without defense — click on the Os to shoot them with your mouse before they eat up all your results. A score box on the right side of the screen records your APM (actions per minute) and how many zergling Os you successfully destroy.
Google Earth flight simulator
Google Earth has a built-in flight simulator. It helpfully offers to start you out at Kathmandu for some exciting views of the Himalayan mountains.
Google Earth flight simulator
To load the Google Earth flight simulator, type Ctrl-Alt A or Cmd-Opt A on a Mac. You'll have your choice of planes. Flying is another matter altogether, but the place to get started if you lack a joystick is the Google Earth keyboard controls help page.
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Bacon Number
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Type a celebrity's name plus “Bacon number” into Google, and Google will tell you how many degrees away from Kevin Bacon they are.
Google gravity search
The Google Gravity chrome experiment by Mr. Doob is amusing–especially since the search page still works, with new search results piling up.
Flip a Coin/Roll a Die
Need to make a rash decision? Type “flip a coin” into Google and a coin-flipping simulator will pop up. Likewise, you can also type “roll a die” into Google to get a die simulator.
Google in 1998
Type “Google in 1998” into the Google search box, and the Google page will transform into, well…what Google looked like in 1998, when it first launched, complete with 1998's search results courtesy of the Wayback Machine. (Click “Take me back to the present” to get real search results about Google in 1998.)
Google barrel roll
Searching for “do a barrel roll” at Google–or for “z or r twice” produces a dynamically spinning view of the search site.
I'm Feeling Lucky?
The Google homepage has an I'm Feeling Lucky button, which takes you directly to the top result for your search query. But if you don't have a search query, you can roll over I'm Feeling Lucky to get different feelings — I'm Feeling Artistic, I'm Feeling Puzzled, and I'm Feeling Trendy are just some of the options. Click the button to go to a Google-curated page for each feeling, e.g., I'm Feeling Hungry takes you to the search results for restaurants, while I'm Feeling Wonderful takes you to the Google Cultural Institute and displays a world wonder.
Conway's Game of Life
A Google search for “Conway's Game of Life” yields a life simulation. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, Conway's Game of Life is a zero-player game that uses a set of rules to evolve from its initial state. Google's Game of Life evolves to spell Google (if you watch it for a while).
Blink HTML
Type “blink HTML” into the search box, and you'll get a list of blinking search results. (Only the word blink will be blinking, so it probably won't cause any seizures.)
