Comments on: Please recommend excellent absorbing web-based games

Question: Please recommend excellent absorbing web-based games

MetaMonkey — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:23:15 -0800

Please recommend excellent absorbing web-based games

I'm looking for the sort of game you can fire up in a browser and play mindlessly for 5 minutes or however long, which I use as a way to clear my head after thinking about complicated things.

Simple, enduring games that are a pleasure to absorb yourself in, through good physics/design/concept. Not too frantic, or requiring too much verbal or logical thought (strategy = good, puzzle = bad).

Examples:

chain reaction games [example]
missile command/defend the castle [example]
2d scrolling fun [example]
shooting/sniping games

Also welcomed are suggestions for good online games blogs/hubs other than Jayisgames.

By: teleskiving

teleskiving — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:53:17 -0800

You've been around here for a while so you've probably seen Orisinal but it's so good that it's worth mentioning anyway, just in case.

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:56:49 -0800

You probably know about TONYPA from Jay Is Games, but all of his stuff is really good.

It's not mindless, but I'm a bit obsessed with Funny Farm

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:16:56 -0800

Lore Sjöberg started a site with reviews of little flash games. It's called Little Fluffy Industries. I think nobody's updated it for a while but it's still got hundreds of flash games, all reviewed.

By: incessant

incessant — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:29:51 -0800

I hope you know about Urban Dead. It's not at all what you probably think would be what you're looking for here -- it's basically a test-based MMORPG -- but it's way fun and you can't play it for more than ten or fifteen minutes a day because of the 160-hit limit on the site per IP address.

By: incessant

incessant — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:30:38 -0800

Urban Dead is text-based, rather.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:23:21 -0800

You want Good Experience Games.

By: BackwardsCity

BackwardsCity — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:10:40 -0800

De-Animator is the best in the genre.

By: jefftang

jefftang — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:11:03 -0800

It's puzzle based but very straightforwad once you get the trick of it, Planarity

By: ceri richard

ceri richard — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:41:42 -0800

Lazy Laces has a huge set of links to point n click games, posts daily.

By: legotech

legotech — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:38:43 -0800

Pretty much anything on Pogo.com

By: Nedroid

Nedroid — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:50:22 -0800

Try Harpoon Lagoon. I played it for a bit once, then found myself returning to play some more over and over during the next few days. It's peaceful in its own way, even though the entire point of the game is to spear cute animated fish.

By: Mr. Gunn

Mr. Gunn — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:37:28 -0800

There's lot of diverting flash at Albino Blacksheep, though they're more well-known for animutation.

By: cushie

cushie — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:36:08 -0800

Everything at Fingertime exactly fits your needs. Their full list of games is here. I love Shuffle the Penguin, Matchcar, and Junk Food Jack especially.

By: maxpower

maxpower — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:30:10 -0800

Dice wars. Enjoy.

By: LunaticFringe

LunaticFringe — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:24:00 -0800

BowMaster!

By: badlydubbedboy

badlydubbedboy — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:14:54 -0800

I'm addicted to Rocket Mania ... just one more pipe...

By: PetiePal

PetiePal — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:55:09 -0800

Kingdom of Loathing, and it's turn based so you won't waste all day.Very engrossing.

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:05:47 -0800

Many thanks for the answers all, these should keep me out of trouble.