Games Online

Up to this point the only games I had played on the computer were Solitaire, Freecell or Minesweeper that are downloaded on most computers when they are purchased. I always enjoyed playing these games and could end up spending hours just clicking the mouse. That was until I tried to play games online…

This is a dangerous feature that Yahoo offers. I didn’t realize how fun it was to play different games with other people. I decided to try my hand (pardon the pun) at Hearts, and I think that there are a few users that wish I hadn’t. I’m not the best card player there is and I drove a couple of users away from my table when I first started playing. But I continued to play and I think I became a better player after a while. It’s interesting to see the moves that other users make because it taught me to develop different strategies in my card play.

These games can become addicting easily. I found myself competitive and mistakenly confident after a random good hand. Sure, I can “shoot the moon”…let me get all of the hearts…yeah, I’ll take that trick…looks good…wait a minute, how did that player take that trick…o.k. now I’ve just got too many points! Time to quit? Nope. Now I see what I have to do to win. I’ll just do better next hand or the hand after that or the hand after that – see where this is going?! Matter of fact, all this reflection makes me want to try my skills once again. I apologize in advance to those who are currently playing.