Tag: FLASH GAMES

Share Flash games are supposed to entertain and provide a gentle distraction from our daily doldrums. Mashing and killing fellow creatures and animals is restricted to the 'Modern Warfare' segment, and surely never comes from lovable indie designers that bring us titles like 'Sushi Cat,' right? Apparently, that is not the case, as this week's selection, it appears, has slightly more devious ...

'Tetris' celebrated its 25th birthday last fall, and the milestone event coincided with a reassuring scientific study (for chronic geometric gamers, at least). The experiment, conducted by the Mind Research Network, indicated that extensive block-dropping puzzle action can actually "improve critical thinking, planning skills, reasoning and even language." Those educational and cognitive ...

We've got some news this week. Our round-up of our favorite Flash-based Web games has become our de facto favorite part of the week. Our bosses come strolling by our desks, wondering why we are leaping over alien guns, or knocking over sad-faced blocks, and we say, "Hey man, we are just doing our jobs. We are just hunting for the best independently produced video games on the Net." This week, we ...

For this week's round-up of the best in Internet-based Flash games, a casual gamer took the helm. In the interest of complete disclosure, the author has a weakness for cute animals, fun soundtracks, satisfying bouncy noises and a job well done. Our entries this week are neither mind-blowingly hard or incredibly fast-paced, but are rather relaxing, charming and craving-for-sushi-inducing games. ...

Share Wasting time is everyone's favorite hobby, so we've compiled some of our favorite productivity suckers in the form of Flash-based video games. We've got gay unicorns, feline-loving robots and sheep that'll make your shiftless heart melt. So say goodbye to those Excel spreadsheets and cold calls, and get ready to get your game on. ...

Minimalism has become a common, underlying theme for a recent group of flash games, but simplicity doesn't limit the addictive-power or the entertainment value of our favorite Net games. The habit-forming 'Canabalt' recently hooked the Switched crew with its simplistically enthralling run-and-jump platform. Then 'Minima Time' subsequently inspired even more obsessive gaming sessions despite (and ...

In the never-ending battle against work productivity, time wasters are our greatest ally. Getting caught playing games instead of that spreadsheet we were supposed to be working on, however, is never fun. Can't You See I'm Busy! has thankfully come to the rescue of sneaky procrastinators everywhere, with a suite of flash games cleverly designed to look like Word documents and Excel spreadsheets. ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. DIY-er Ranjit Bhatnagar is building a new instrument from scratch every day during the month of February. Check out his progress, and pick up some tips. [From: Make] ...

We're sure you've stopped and thought to yourself before, "You know, 'Super Mario Bros.' is pretty good, but I sure wish it was more frustrating." No? Well, it doesn't matter. Even if you've never asked for someone to create a hybrid of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Tetris,' you're getting it, anyway. And the results are wonderfully, and childishly, called 'Tuper Tario Tros.' In this Flash game, ...

Okay, let's just go ahead and get this out there: We are not purposefully trying to undermine job productivity or performance. But, even the hardest working brown-nosers need to periodically escape the office monotony with (somewhat) brainless computer games. Not long ago, those procrastinating office workers typically sought refuge in the hands of solitaire and 'Minesweeper,' but Java and ...

The best Flash games are brain-dead simple, visually stunning, and simple enough to draw you in but not so hard that you end up ripping your computer from the desk and throwing it against a wall. Retro-styled 'Pixel' succeeds at all of these things. The premise is simple: You control a 2-D ship and shoot bad guys. Killing the baddies causes them to explode in a burst of pixels, and here's the ...

You have to wonder. Is there any heroic act taking place in the world that won't soon be turned into a tasteless, online, Flash-based game? We saw it most recently with the Hudson River landing, the real-life pilot's challenge-of-a-lifetime turned into a game so simple a monkey could play. Now, it's the story of Captain Phillips, the US hero who stood up to Somalian pirates recently, that's ...

It's easy to listen to the news and feel like we've heard the same things over and over again. Yeah, the economy's bad, the bank bailouts are ridiculous, the unemployment rate is through the roof -- we know it and it sucks, but it's easy to feel desensitized because we've heard it all so much. Enter LAYOFF, a Flash-based online game that not only gives you a visual representation of the ...

Play Games at AddictingGames Naturally, you've heard the story of US Air Flight 1549, which was successfully crash-landed into the Hudson by a dedicated and amazing crew. That crew got its 15 minutes of fame at the opening ceremonies before Super Bowl XLIII, but now you can play the hero yourself in a free, Web-based Flash game that lets you re-create the challenging landing. 'Hero on the ...