Consider the PC that you are using right this minute. Chances are there are apps, services, and processes that are running in the background that you do not need right now, that you seldom ever really need, or that you do not really need at all. →
Get the games of yesteryear on your PC with Abandonia.com
Abandonia is a great website that will let you download and play classic video games that are no longer being supported, no longer under copyright, or have simply been abandoned by the original developers and owners. You can find many classic games there, like Battlechess, Civilization, →
Get 2D roleplaying action in “The Last Stand – Union City”: a free post apocalyptic zombie survival game
The Last Stand: Union City (TLSUC) is a great 2D, web based flash roleplaying game. It is a survival horror game which pushes the bounds of what one can expect from a flash game, and provides hours of gaming goodness at no cost. The Last Stand: →
Cube is an impressive Google Maps “toy”
I’m always amazed as to the kinds of applications game developers can come up for Google Maps, and this game is a great example. Cube takes real-life maps from Google Maps and uses these to model playable levels. For each level, you are assigned a task →
Educate and entertain yourself or others with WikipediaMaze
WikipediaMaze is a fun little web site that will take you on a journey that is both educational as well as fun, by turning Wikipedia and its various pages into a maze, of sorts. Mazes can be created by the users of WikipediaMaze and then voted →
Get GTA style flash action with Crime City
While there is very little interaction with driving per se, Crime City is still one of my favorite browser games because it is very similar to Grand Theft Auto, but in an isometric view and with campy, cartoonish graphics. The controls are very easy, there are →
Combine Tower Defense action with Real Time Strategy depth in Necronator 2
Necronator 2 is one of those rare games that has more to offer than it appears to on the surface. It mixes elements of tower defense games with real time strategy games and puts them all together in a campy yet slick package on the web. Internet →
Increase the frame rate and speed of your games with Game Booster 3
Game Booster 3 (GB3) is free a program from IOBit software that will help you maximize the performance of your PC while playing almost any game. It’s very easy to use, and can help most computers, old or new, by devoting maximum resources to the game →
Explore a mythical world of 3D combat and adventure in Juggernaut
Juggernaut is an online multiplayer game that offers tons of turn-based fighting action, and stunning graphics. It runs on the Unity engine, which is fast becoming the watchword for ‘net based games, and best of all: it is free. While it is a multiplayer online game, →
Fly free with Microsoft Flight
It seems this site’s vision of “some day all software will be free” has taken another step toward actualization with the legendary Microsoft Flightsimulator being recently released free to play. Its business model consists of the core experience being free while charging for DLC that expands →
Solve complex puzzles for science with Foldit Beta
Foldit is a great free puzzle game that actually helps scientific research when you play it! The whole game is based on learning and exploring the different ways that proteins can ‘fold’, and the results can help research into cures and treatments for a whole host →
Learn to talk without words in "Way" – a game of co-operation and silent communication
Way is an intriguing little game with a very unique and interesting objective: to learn to communicate without words. You’re stuck in a cave, and your only way out is to take instructions from someone in a similar situation. It’s strange to play and even stranger →
