The Discovery Channel website is hosting a game call Sharkrunners to promote their upcoming Shark Week. You get a ship and crew, and plot a course up and down the Pacific coast hunting and researching sharks. You don’t have to have the game running on your browser all day, the ship will continue on it’s course while you’re away. When you do come across a shark, you’ll be notified by email (or optionally with a text message).
I missed my too opportunities for a shark encounter, so I can’t say what happens, but the more encounters you have, the more funding you get for upgrades and crew. So far, all I’ve learned is that I shouldn’t quit my day job.
So check it out, and if you sign up, you can add me as your rival, my user id is cyu77. Right now, my rival is $32k to my $0, so I’m an easy target.