It also provides minute little details about what’s being blogged, making the whole thing seem a bit more believable. Set Twingly as your screensaver, and you will get a global map that shows all the blogging activity going on in the world, in real time. Which is great, if you don’t have anything to do. The first is a watch mode, where it will emulate various games (you can download 150 files, so there’s a lot of different games that can show up) split into “checkpoints.” The second option, however, lets you take over the game and play it yourself with your keyboard. UberNES is an emulator-like program with two different modes. The images and permutations that are the most attractive are voted on, and so become more common, “mating” with other popular designs and mutating into new creations. Electric SheepĮlectric Sheep is a fascinating crowdsourced project that taps into online designs and shows them in a psychedelic screensaver. Sure, you could just go look out a window, but this is more fun. It taps into local weather reports and then shows the area with whatever weather your region is experiencing, including clouds and the position of the sun. YoWindow provides you with a pastoral scene - but there’s a catch. But if someone touches your mouse or tries to do anything at your computer, he suddenly turns into a protective guardian. In its normal passive state, this screen shows a friendly animated dog that ambles about an office and amuses himself with tricks. You can even take on a more active role, to dictate where the next block will land. It’s part Lego, part Tetris, and all mesmerizing as you watch the blocks slowly fall into place. Bribloīriblo combines aspects from many boredom-defying activities. Note, however, that it costs $4 to buy the full version. It’s a lot of fun to watch, and certainly one of the most unique screensavers out there. You can either set their hunting rounds as your most recent screen, or as the image/background of your choice for greater hijinks. 3D ZombiesģD Zombies raises a horde of the undead to wander around your desktop and attack. Delight coworkers and impress friends! Try to pet your screen! The only downside here is that the screensaver doesn’t come with sound, so you won’t get the full intensity of those pug licks. Perhaps it was fate, but the time has clearly come for a screensaver that’s just a pug (other species optional) happily licking the screen. You can choose how many of each fish species are present across three different tank options, and ramp up the graphics to make it look like you are really there. The aquarium screensaver has been around forever, of course - but this version takes it to a whole other level, and helps make it look like you really do have an aquarium on your desk. If you are a big fan of high-res space images, this is the one for you. It features the incredibly famous photos of space that the Hubble telescope made so popular. This was technically a movie in 2010 (Leo Dicaprio narrated, and no one really remembers it), but the visuals were so great that it was made into a slideshow, so people can take a closer look at the cosmos. Perhaps even cooler, you can set the number of ions, the emitters, the animation speed, and more, to get the display exactly how you want it. It features carefully rendered organic bubbles and patterns that move and interact as the screensaver goes on. Helios is a basic particle effect screensaver, but it’s also an astoundingly beautiful one. Cool! Plus, you also get a visual representation of the SETI signals (albeit without much resolution), which is a good way to show your geek cred. Don’t worry, there’s no ill effects - but your computer could help work on projects in universities that are trying to cure cancer or unravel the mysteries of the universe. Instead of just showing fancy pictures, it actually utilizes a server connection to take a little RAM from your computer and use it. Check out the coolest screensavers around! BOINC/SETIīOINC is a very different sort of screensaver courtesy of the labs at Berkeley. If you’d rather not be the fourth person in the office to download a Game of Thrones screensaver, or you’re just on the lookout for something a little more special, we’ve got you covered with these awesome downloads. Screensavers, like other ’90s fads, have swerved around and become popular again - especially with the high-tech additions available today (even if they don’t affect screens the same way anymore).