Constantly being plugged into the news grind is mentally exhausting. Sometimes we just need to take a break, unwind, and do something fun. That’s why we’ve built up a collection of distracting time-wasters for when we need a break from being obsessively online. We figured you might enjo y these harmless rabbit holes, mildly addictive browser games, and internet curiosities, too, so we’ve been writing about them when we find them. Can you beat our score in I’m Not a Robot or did you find a gem of an academic paper on motherhood and body horror on Horror Lex? Tell us in the comments. The goal here isn’t to get engrossed in a game that you’ll lose hundreds of hours to, or become an expert on dialectical materialism. It’s to have a little fun on your lunch break, decompress between emails, or give you an interesting repository of art to dig through on a slow Sunday afternoon. So check back often to see the latest light-hearted (well, mostly light-hearted) time waster we’re passing around the office. 82-0 is the best basketball game, to hell with NBA 2K Mechanical Pencil is the new cross-section book. I’m beginning to wonder, am I a robot? New Art City is a free virtual gallery filled with beautifully bizarre art. Horror Lex is a free database of academic literature for horror nerds. Spotify Wrapped? No. Welcome to Tax Wrapped. I can’t stop playing this annoyingly hard color memory game. Binary Piano is an addictive way to make algorithmic music in your browser. Relive the glory days when MTV played music videos. A Swedish hot dog with shrimp salad is the most chaotic evil sandwich ever and I will hear no arguments to the contrary. ...read more read less