If you ever find yourself unable to use your console for whatever reason (broken, lost, or held for ransom), you might just find yourself having a little bit of fun the old fashioned way playing online games at the POGO website. They say diversion is good for the mind, and if actually true, there’s plenty of diversion at POGO. The site offers the following categories of games with a few of the most popular within each category listed: Puzzle GamesMahjong Safari, Poppit, Sweet Tooth 2, Makeover Madness, Phlinx, Squelchies, Pop Fu, Gold Miner Vegas, Sudoku Classic, Harvest Mania, Big Kahuna Reef, Ocean Express, Shutter Island, CLUE Mystery Match and more. Board GamesMonopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee, Chess, RISK, Backgammon, Battleship. Checkers, Operation, Bloop, Family Fued, Jeopardy and more. Card GamesSpades, Canasta (a POGO exclusive), Jungle Jin, multiple variations of Solitaire, Turbo 21, Hearts, Cribbage, Royal; Flush and more. Word GamesWord Whomp, Scrabble, BOGGLE Bash, Word Search Daily, Bookworm, Hangman Hijinks, Scrabble Cubes, and more. Casino GamesBingo Luau, No Limit Texas Hold ‘em, Hog Heaven Slots, Everyone Wins Bingo, High Stakes Poker, Double Deuce Poker, Lost Temple Poker, Ali Baba Slots, Keno, Casino Island Blackjack (A POGO exclusive), Big Shot Roulette, Casino Island To Go, and more. Sports and Arcade GamesHigh Stakes Pool, Shuffle Bump (a POGO exclusive), All-Star Football, Way To Go! Bowling, Plants vs. Zombies, Diner Dash: Flo on the Go and more. Cash GamesDeal or No Deal, Royal Flush, Bejeweled 2, Catch-21, Solitaire Rush, Cubis, Scrabble Cubes, Hangmania and more.One thing that you might actually like about playing any of the POGO games is that you can either compete only with the computer or join real live players should you be missing some good old fashioned social interaction that console play sometimes breeds. It’s worth checking out. At the very minimum you’ll have a backup plan in place, and the very most you’ll have some fun!