Because I’m under the weather as I type this – with some or other virus wreaking havoc upon my sinuses, what better way to avoid work today than by curling in to a little ball and climbing in to bed? As that’s not something that can happen today, let’s instead create a horrible disease that’ll end life on earth as we know it.
Today’s bit of Work Avoidance comes in the form of browser game Pandemic 2, which is yes – essentially a browser-based progenitor to the lauded Plague Inc. You’ll have to start up some or other lethal disease, and mutate with earned evolution points as time goes on.
As your disease evolves and become more lethal, you’ll need to start paying attention to how much the Earth’s governments are tracking your abomination, mutating it through wise choices to keep it spreading. You’ve got quite an assortment of maladies to play with; fever, coughing, sweating, sneezing, vomiting, heart failure, fatigue, liver failure, boils, kidney failure, sores, diarrhoea, depression, insanity, blindness, dementia, cysts, hypersensitivity, hypertonia, nausea and necrosis.
Go for horrible, noticeable deadly mutations too early and you’ll get noticed before your malady becomes an epidemic.
You’ll have to use cold, heat, drug or moisture resistance to block or overcome the use of vaccines in regions, checking each reason for ways and means to keep spreading. Keep on spreading, and you’ll eventually bring whole governments down.
As said, play your hand too early, and your awful affliction won’t be going anywhere. You’ll have to play smart, managing your resources and watching the world’s response to your calamity. If you’ve played Plague Inc, this is nothing new to you – if you haven’t though, give it a shot… and prepare for addiction.
You can play Pandemic 2 right here.
If you’ve got any browser games you think would be a great way to avoid working, leave us a note in the comments, and your suggestion could be next week’s big time-waster.
Last Updated: July 16, 2014
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:06
Great, I was planning on getting work done today.
Go go gadget procrastinatoooooooooooor
hairyknees
July 16, 2014 at 11:28
DIE WORLD! DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean… yes, let me write some news pieces 😡
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:37
Yes, because we need MORE DOTA amirite?
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 11:43
Hasn’t there been one today? After a while all the cabbage just seems to blur together…
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:44
I dunno, I tend to skip over those
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 11:47
Like a soup? 0-O
hairyknees
July 16, 2014 at 13:44
hahahaha ITS SO GREEN <3
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 11:46
HAHA
hairyknees
July 16, 2014 at 12:14
You sir, are indeed correct!
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:12
Time waster for next week: Frontline Tactics. Free on Steam. Turn based combat, army dooods, good fun
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 16, 2014 at 11:20
Needs to be browser based. 🙂
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:21
Steam is a browser, of sorts 😛
VampyreSquirrel
July 16, 2014 at 11:28
And with 162 hours on record… I’m not surprised you’re punting it 😛
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:29
Hehehehe, helps me stay sane at work!
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 11:29
Oh ffs. There goes the next few hours. Thanks Geoff, or should I say ‘New Government Work Distribution Service?”
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:30
Isn’t it tea time again?
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 11:34
It is. Not it’s coffee time. Now it’s orange juice time… Erm, now it’s beer time? 0_O
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:36
*Now
But yeah, those guys have more tea times and lunch times per day than I have per month
Rags
July 16, 2014 at 11:30
DON’T CLICK THE LINK
Jac7
July 16, 2014 at 11:43
Stop, for the love of the Pope, just stop posting these. My boss has walked in on me playing these games two Wednesdays in a row now. Oh look, I’ve clicked the link…sigh.
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:44
Yesssssss, give in to the gamer-side!
Jac7
July 16, 2014 at 11:49
I guess I’m entitled to a little break before I fix that radiation leak, right?
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 11:50
Leave the leak for a little longer, perhaps you’ll gain some powers allowing you to be two places at once?
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:52
Agreed, worth a shot!
Jac7
July 16, 2014 at 11:55
My hair is already falling out, that must mean it’s working!
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 12:04
Almost there dude, superpowers can’t be far away!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 16, 2014 at 14:53
This is the best thing I’ve read all day
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 11:56
Or the power of Heart 0_O
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 12:04
Janee, you would crap out if you got that power!
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
July 16, 2014 at 11:55
MY WORK HERE IS DONE
Anon A Mouse
July 16, 2014 at 12:00
Humanity is dead after 200 days. Kak score though.
Thats_how_I_Troll
July 16, 2014 at 12:22
Seems that Madagascar is the place to live… Keeps on surviving…
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 12:29
Hehe, in Plague Inc, that place is Greenland…
Thats_how_I_Troll
July 16, 2014 at 12:31
Started a Geoff-Flu (Asian) and guess what, Madagascar not infected again…
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 12:31
They like to move it move it
Thats_how_I_Troll
July 16, 2014 at 12:32
Haha, will make King Julian Syndrome next
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 12:34
PHYSICALLY FIT!
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
July 16, 2014 at 13:35
Dammit now I have to go watch the video on youtube no working getting done today.
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 12:39
lol
Kensei Seraph
July 16, 2014 at 12:57
And New Zealand.
Fucking islands.
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
July 16, 2014 at 13:35
Both my Lazy-flu and Darryn-Squirts outbreaks started in New Zealand.
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
July 16, 2014 at 13:34
Both with the Lazy-flu (airborne virus) and Darryn-Squirts (waterborne diarrhea inducing parasite) Greenland is first to be wiped out and Madagascar survives.
Sk3tz0
July 16, 2014 at 22:30
This is why..
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ue1XK2K.jpg[/IMG]
Thats_how_I_Troll
July 17, 2014 at 15:28
Bwahaha, seems fitting!
Thats_how_I_Troll
July 16, 2014 at 12:25
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Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 12:48
THIS GAME NEEDS A RENEGADE CDC DOCTOR WITH A MYSTERIOUS PAST TO SAVE THE DAY FOR ALL HUMANITY EXCEPT THE FAR AWAY POOR ONES WHO HAD TO DIE TO MAKE THINGS DRAMATIC WITHOUT REAL PEOPLE BEING INCONVENIENCED.
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 12:57
0_O
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 16, 2014 at 14:51
Pffffff. My work avoidance Wednesday is the best one. Go to the doctor. Get booked off sick. PLAY ALL THE GAMES!!!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 16, 2014 at 14:52
Who am I kidding. I can barely see straight let alone try to game 🙁
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 15:03
BACK TO BED
Unavengedavo
July 16, 2014 at 18:42
How many times do I have to recommend http://www.mapstd.com
Weanerdog
July 16, 2014 at 20:09
Like anyone is going to click on something that has std in the title from you, well except me of course.
Unavengedavo
July 16, 2014 at 20:17
But it’s maps td O_o
Weanerdog
July 17, 2014 at 09:30
Yes I know I clicked it, but I was probably the only one.