The Google+ Guide: Circles, Photos, Hangouts, and More

8. Games

It seems these days that no one takes your technology seriously until you can play Angry Birds on it. Google+ satisfies this requirement with the Games tab. Google+ games are browser-based and can’t be played on mobile devices (yet). This chapter goes over how to play games on Google+.

Touring the Games Tab

The Games tab features a rotating display of featured games (Figure 8.1). Each game has a Play button, a link, and a number of plays (Figure 8.2). Click the number-of-plays link, and you’ll see all the people in your circles who have played that game (Figure 8.3).

Figure 8.1. The featured games on the Google+ Games tab. Why are the birds so angry, anyway?

Figure 8.2. The number of people in your circles who have played this game ...