January 24, 2012
What sort of games do you like – The massively popular server based multiplayer skirmishes, or the ones which are uncomplicated and rarely need a help file before play? The web gives us quite a few little games which are boredom killers in their own right. That perhaps explains the success of games like Angry Birds. Little Alchemy is a little gem tucked away in the Chrome Web Store.
January 20, 2012
Wikipedia will continue to get knocked down for credibility and accuracy but it is the best open source project we know of. And one we still depend on for a quick reference. Wikipedia is the last place you would expect to play a few serious games, but dig deep and a few intrepid web applications have been built around the knowledge rich online encyclopedia. Wikipedia games just give you another way to kill a few of those dull hours and gain a bit of grey matter in the process.
January 15, 2012
Good news Cut the Rope fans! You are no longer limited to playing your favorite game on your mobile device. Microsoft, together with ZeptoLab and Pixel Lab, has created an HTML5 version of of the popular game, which you can play for free on any major browser. The free game includes 27 levels, and you can play it right now.
December 30, 2011
iGoogle is a personal, customizable homepage which every Google account owner can make use of. iGoogle lets you add multiple different gadgets, such as Gmail updates, news, weather and games, and access them easily every time you visit your iGoogle page. Finding cool flash games online is not necessarily hard, but having all your favorite games waiting for you in iGoogle is pretty convenient.
December 26, 2011
Hacking the servers of a major online video game seems to have become a popular pastime for online scoundrels, perhaps because they’re guaranteed to find a great deal of information about users on file. Trion, developer of the popular MMO Rift, has now joined the ranks of companies forced to send an apologetic email out to subscribers.
December 25, 2011
Though possibly the most popular, the world of MMOs spans far beyond the realms of Everquest and World of Warcraft. There are hundreds to thousands of well-developed and even free online games for you and all of your friends to enjoy. You’ve just got to know where to look. So I’m here to share five MMO directories that I’ve had plenty of luck with in narrowing doing the choices.
December 23, 2011
GameFly is essentially the Netflix of gaming (though the two have no official ties), and the company’s maneuverings have closely resembled that of its movie-oriented cousin. Offering some sort of online service similar to Netflix’s streaming is an obvious next move. Now, it’s finally happening. The new service is called Unlimited PC Play, and it does what it says.
December 22, 2011
It seems that no matter where you shop for apps, PopCap is there. Steam, the iTunes Store, and even Amazon’s Android App Store have all featured the company’s games. Only the official Android Market has been left behind, leaving fans to make due with just Bejeweled 2. Now that has changed, as PopCap has introduced two of its greatest hits.
December 22, 2011
Google+ is still trying to find its place in the social media hierarchy, with a definite feeling of, “been there, done that” from most users of Facebook and Twitter. But the fledgling social network isn’t totally pointless. If endlessly adding contacts to ‘Circles’ or having ‘Hangouts’ with friends has lost its shiny-new-social-network luster then ‘Games’ should be your next port of call.
December 14, 2011
From education to politics…from business to the environment, games are being tailored to promote awareness of social issues. Social games serve to remind us of the potential that exists beyond the blood-spills and Martian colonization’s of games meant solely for fun. A website that’s doing some work on highlighting the link between social impact and games is Games For Change.
