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Well, normally I don't check out sites like Yahoo Games; I figure I'd rather go searching for free games, and the best games on Yahoo are pay-per-download.  Since I wouldn't be caught dead entering my credit card number onto the Internet, that sort of shut it as an option for me.

But, every rule does have an exception.  I was browsing through Yahoo today, just to see what games I was missing, and completely at random, I clicked on a link for a game called Miss Management. 

While I was reading it, I noticed something I hadn't seen before: a download for a free trial version.  Since I am never one to skip a free trial version, I downloaded it...

It wasn't my usual sort of game.  Miss Management puts the player in "Denise's" shoes; she's a brand new office manager, and has to figure out how to get the best productivity out of her staff while balancing their personality quirks with the incoming work.  The staff's goals are simple: hang out in the kitchen, chill by the water cooler, take a nap, "chat up" the ladies, doodle on the whiteboard, etc...  The company goals are even more basic: get the jobs done.  The office manager is stuck in the middle, and also has to keep the employees from each others' throats.

That last is vital; if an employee gets too stressed out, he'll break down and leave, and none of his goals can be accomplished until the next day.  Fortunately, coffee and donuts will help to reduce employee stress levels.  They'll also lure breaking employees back to their desks.

I usually prefer action games, but this one was cute.  I liked it.  I'd even recommend it.  At least, the trial version, if you're a cheapskate like me.