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Play Free or Die - The Best Free Web Games

Posted by timothy on from the aunts-and-butlers-is-clever-too dept.

mlimber writes "Slate has an article up on the best free web games. Just what is needed for testing out that new laptop you got for Christmas." These games are considerably more fun than I thought they'd be -- most of them seem to work well with Firefox on Linux (though some require a Windows-only download). And when Salon says "Ayiti: The Cost Of Life makes the Oregon Trail look like Candy Land," they mean it -- most games don't need to caution you that "if the whole family is dead, you lose."

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  1. DIsclaimer by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Informative

    To add a disclaimer to my post, I am associated with WiiCade, so take my post with a grain of salt. That being said, the game really is good. Feel free to check out the NewGrounds reviews (I am NOT associated with them) or just play the game for yourself. :-)

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  2. HELP ME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    My minicity needs more industry!

    http://spamslashdot.myminicity.com/ind

  3. TD by Lord+Byron+II · · Score: 4, Informative

    How could they forget Desktop Tower Defense?

    handdrawngames.com

  4. They missed a great time waster by dwillden · · Score: 4, Informative

    That article missed a great time waster. I haven't played any of the others but http://www.puzzlepirates.com// has certainly eaten up a lot of my free time.

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  5. Re:No FPS multiplayer shooter! by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, I'm mildly confused. This is what I was thinking about:

    http://dzzd.net/demo/QUAKE/

    Jake2 is a standalone app.

    There also used to be a Quake III based engine over on http://www.jpct.net./ I don't know what ever happened to that.

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  6. KoL? by Preebs · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm sorry but how could they forget Kingdom of Loathing? I've played that game for years and it has still kept me entertained.

  7. runescape by Cyko_01 · · Score: 1, Informative

    this game is addictive!

  8. Re:They missed one of the best of the season by Goaway · · Score: 3, Informative

    Horrible Flash graphics, horrible framerate, loose controls, unclear and dull gameplay, and painful and unnecessary cutscenes that try and try to be funny but only cause embarrassment.