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

      I can't believe I just wasted a minute of my life trying to play that. It's really just another argument for why Flash should be fucking illegal. That was the worst thing I've played in a year.

    2. 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.

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

    How could they forget Desktop Tower Defense?

    handdrawngames.com

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

    I see your Nethack and raise you a Netrek.

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  6. 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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  7. Re:HELP ME! by FredFredrickson · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, I think we covered this in 2007's biggest gaming letdowns, remember?
    MyMiniCity can't be both best free game, and biggest letdown... unless, wait.. are you getting more clicks than me? WTF!

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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.

  12. Time to Loathe by Endo13 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course no list like this is complete without a mention of
    Kingdom of Loathing

    An Adventurer is You!

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