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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. They missed one of the best of the season by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One of the best Flash games released this season is Key to Adventure. It's playable on the PC or Wii over on WiiCade, and currently holds a front-page spot over on NewGrounds. Perhaps even more interesting is the fact that WiiCade sponsored the game, meaning that it's now possible to get paid for creating Flash games for the Wii.

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  2. Portal... by Junta · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/

    For those for whatever reason without the 3D one. Maybe even for those who finished portal...

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  3. Re:Nethack? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I see your Nethack and raise you a Netrek.

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  4. The *BEST*?! by Chelloveck · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Those are the best free web games out there? Damn, I'd sure hate to see what the crap games are like! Even Kitten Cannon has more to redeem it than these things.

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  5. A whole whack-ton of them by halcyon1234 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    What about Neopets? It has seventy billion (rough estimate) flash games. You get points for playing them, so you can inflate your ego as you work on your mad neoTetris skillz. And you get to giggle like a schoolgirl every time you feed your pet.

    (All kidding aside, the games there are pretty well done, and all you need is a Flash player and a working copy of Adblock to kill the Ritalin-inspired banners)

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