Sunday, March 28, 2010
Free Online Games Websites
Free online games are addicting, interactive, and all over the web. Many people are looking to find free games online, including flash, shockwave, action, shooting games, and rpg games online. To help you sort it all out, I've listed some good resources for online games below. I will add to this list over time, so save this page to find your free online games:
Free Online Game "mega" websites:
These sites have hundreds of games. The games span many categories, including Arcade, Action, Shooting, RPG (role playing game), Puzzles, Strategy, Sports, Racing, Lifestyle, Cards & Board, and Casino games.
addictinggames.com - One of my favorites for quick, mindless fun. Full of Flash and Shockwave based games, and you can play online or download them. This site is affiliated with nick.com/games and shockwave.com
(Click here for a 10-Day Free Trial of Club Shockwave Unlimited play on 400 games.)
newgrounds.com - I really like this one. It has lots of cool games, many uploads from developers all over. It also has music, art, and videos.
miniclip.com - big list of games and ability to create cartoons and animations too
playedonline.com - 2000 free online games. Visuals look nice but I didn't see many players in their forum.
pogo.com - you can earn tokens playing these games and trade them in for prizes
onlineflashgames.org - I wasn't impressed with the layout of this site
candystand.com - visually appealing site also has system for winning prizes playing games
games.yahoo.com - One of the oldest gaming megasites. They offer tips on what game trends are hot right now
popcap.com Over 1 billion game downloads. Creators of mega-hit Bejeweled.
bigfishgames.com/online-games - lots o games, but also over 1 million posts in their forums to help answer your gaming questions
games.com - part of AOLgames, boasts 1500 games and 36,000 players
games.msn.com - 182 free online games and 877 PC download games when I checked.
More Online Game Sites
These sites offer a pretty similar interface and approach. They each have many, many games, but feel like they are just the same information with a different skin:heavygames.com - 3,914 games. Huge link list on home page to jump to it.
freegamesonline.com - Nothing too fancy, just chocked full of games
freeonlinegames.com - Over 2,000 games listed.
RPG & MMORPG Games:
These sites are dedicated to the role-playing-games and massive-multiplayer-online-role-playing-games. In these games you can be playing in a world with thousands of other game players interacting in real-time with you and each other. It is almost like living inside of a story or movie. The game is never the same from minute to minute, because it is driven by the decisions of all of the players in the game at that time, and most of all you!
gameogre.com - Great site for RPG games. Offers tips, insights and more than just game links
onrpg.com - nice imagery put me right in the RPG mood. Many genres, boards, resources
bestonlinerpggames.com - not great visually, but they give you star ratings on many games right from the home page
Note: As of the posting of this list, some of my advertisers offer free online games and rpg games. I've played them a bunch and enjoyed the heck out of them. I've gotten my dad and uncle to play them with me, and we could team up for some fun adventures. Just wanted you to know!
There are dozens more gaming sites, and I'll add to this list as I check them out. There are also alot of game sites that are just the same, so I want to find gaming sites that bring you something new.
Labels: addicting games, flash games, mmorpg games, online games, rpg games
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Mandles, Web Kaleidoscope, and Kid Blogger Snakeking
I saw this video commercial for Mandles! at RingtailSquealer, where I think 'The Mrs' got it from collegehumor.com. Whatever, it's funny:
ZeFrank.com always delivers. This time, a virtual Kaliedoscope. Good for wasting at least 10 minutes of your life amusing your eyeballs.
Shout out to 12 year SnakeKing, another Kid Blogger does his thing!
Labels: humor, kid blogs, online games
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Fantastic Contraption - Fun for the Kid Engineer
Rating (1-5):
Site:www.FantasticContraption.com
Genre: Puzzle/strategy game
The Fantastic Contraption online game is extremely addictive. That is, of course, if you enjoy fun games, that make you think a little. The idea is to move a small ball or square into a ‘goal’ area. You move it be creating a contraption out of wheels, sticks of wood, and paths of water. You can sling, swing, push, pull, flip, create tanks, all sorts of stuff with just a couple of tools. It’s very easy to get started, but you might spend hours on the computer just working away at a contraption at the higher levels (if you don’t cheat and look up the solutions on Youtube). And even when you finish, you can go back and do each level differently! You can save your solutions and send the link to your friends or post them on your website. There's a sample solution in the video below, but the fun is in trying to come up with your own.
Labels: online games, website review
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
OneMusic Virtual Studio - Music Mixing Fun

Reviewed by Nick
OneMusic Virtual Studio
Type of Site: Music Creation
I recently stumbled upon this cool site for making music called OneMusic Virtual Studio. They have many cool tools to make music. They have several cool, easy-to-use multi-track sequencers, with drums, bass, fx, synth, and melody. They have multiple music styles like beat, garage, indie, and hip-hop that you can load. You can even save and send your music creations.
There’s a mixer with instructions to teach you how to mix music. They have a bank of over 1000 samples of music and sounds you can use.
There’s even a game, Escapades, that takes you through the life of someone in the music biz. You can play as an artist, agent, PR person, or manager.
I have had a lot of fun fooling around with them. The site provides links to other music sites and both mixing and songwriting games to help with music or to just entertain you. I personally love listening to and making music.
This site is the best music making site I’ve played on yet, so go check it out. And if you know of other music making sites leave me a comment with the link so I can check them out.
Labels: mix music, music, online games
Sunday, October 28, 2007
HackQuest - A Website of Fun Mental Challenges

Reviewed by Nick
HackQuest Web Site
Type of Site: Mental Challenges
I found www.hackquest.de in Google. I like this site because it provides very difficult mental challenges that make you think and learn. As you solve each challenge you are given a password, which is used to add points to your ongoing score. (You must be at least 13 to register.)
The challenges are separated into categories. The easiest for beginners is the logic section, because you don’t really have to know much but math and logic. Some of these are word problems, others are just a series of numbers which can be used to arrive at a special number. Here’s the type of riddle or question you might find:
Seven people walk into a square room which has no windows.
They found a dead man who had clearly hung himself from the ceiling, but they couldn't figure out how he did it.
There was no chair or table that he might of jumped off.
The only thing there was a puddle of water.
How did he do it?
Answer: He stood on a block of ice, which eventually melted.
Other challenge categories help introduce you to computer concepts, like programming, JavaScript, etc. to complete the challenge. For example, there was one challenge in a JavaScript category, where I had to look at the source code of the webpage to find the password. It’s really cool. (To view the source code of this page, click ‘View’ on your browser menu, and scrolldown to ‘Source’; you’ll see what I mean.)
There are forums for members to share ideas about each puzzle, but no one gives the answers, just hints. Some of the puzzles are really tricky, so if you’re a quitter don’t join Hackquest. The challenge selection screen shows you how many people have completed it, so you can see which ones are hard or easy. I get frustrated with many of the puzzles, but I love it when I solve one. If you like mental challenges, give it a try.
Labels: online games, website review
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Makai Media Gaming Web Site

Reviewed by Nick
Makai Media Web Site
Type of Site: Skill/Arcade Games
Summary:
Found some cool games here. This is a good site for skill games and fun timewasters. The graphics are pretty nice. There are over 30 games, but I put links to a few of them below.
Sea Dogs
Makai Checkers
Vine Swing
H-O-R-S-E
Speartoss
Volcano Jump
Rat Wheel
Garage Door Tennis
Juggling
Video Poker
Makai Media Cannon Fodder
Knife Throwing
Baby Fury
Labels: online games, website review



