Productivity plummets as Google doodle sprint game invites users to hurdle their way to glory

The Olympics are to have a legacy, to inspire a new generation to choose sport, but it seems the Games spirit has been infectious in other ways too, with Google unleashing a new doodle that allows you to play, arcade-style, as an Olympic hurdler.

Google have got on board with the games spirit with a number of doodles inspired by London 2012, but this is the first one that is a game, and it’s an addictive little thing, too.   Click here to play.

Requiring you to frantically bash the arrow keys and then the space bar to jump over the hurdles, you’ll be setting new office records within no time, with office hours predicted to take quite a battering as employees compete, surreptitiously, for the top score honours.   

Just don’t let the boss see you.  

Photo: Google.