Robot Wants Trilogy

Robot Wants Kitty (play here)

The first in the series, Robot Wants Kitty introduces you to the format. You have to work your way through the maze to arrive at the kitty, and it's not as easy as you think it will be when you start. You'll have to gather upgrades to jump higher, kill more monsters, and collect keys. It's tough but addicting, and the ending is adorable.

Robot Wants Puppy (play here)

Now that you have the kitty, of course the next step is getting a puppy. For the sequel, the game gets a little more detailed, and the enemies are a little tougher, the upgrades a little better. In this version, the kitty is the weapon, and she's a vicious fighter, helping you to tackle your enemies and get to the prize--puppy!

Robot Wants Ice Cream (play here)

After you have a kitty and a puppy, what else could you want? Only a large scoop of ice cream! In the third re-creation, the game is expanded further, and here, your puppy serves as your faithful aide, firing shots at the strange monsters that blocking you from your precious dairy treat!

This is the Only Level

Another funny elephant game! This is slightly random, and mostly for laughs, but it's fun to figure out how to get your elephant to the end. While there's only one 'level', there are many stages...and once you finish it, you can play the sequel.

Play This is the Only Level.

And This is the Only Level Too.

Fire Boy and Water Girl

Fire Boy and Water Girl is a game that combines a little bit of everything. It's mostly a puzzle-strategy game, but it plays a little bit like a jumping action game. Fire Boy is controlled with the arrow keys, while Water Girl is controlled with ASWD. It involves a bit of multi-tasking, and sometimes you have to think about your strategy, which makes it a pretty fun way to kill a few hours.

Play Fire Boy and Water Girl.

Elite Base Jump

Here's a fun quick game that's all about timing. You hit spacebar to drop your guy, and then again to release your parachute. You want to land before the others, but if you land too hard, you'll lose health or die.

Play Elite Base Jump.

Death Dice

Play as a slightly psychotic stick figure in this addicting game. You have to avoid the falling dice, which will kill you instantly (black dice erupt with special weapons). Simultaneously, you have to eat enough medication to keep alive. If you take too many pills, you go into overdose mode, where the colors become crazy and the dice get bigger.

Play Death Dice.

Corporation Inc

Corporation, Inc is a fun strategy game where you create your own office building, workers included, and build it up into a giant organization. There are lots of aspects to juggle, from keeping your workers efficient and happy to managing the space available (building elevators and restrooms). The game is technically over when you meet all the accomplishments, but you can keep going, perfecting your office building and building up and up to create a skyscraper.

Play Corporation, Inc.

Corporate Climber

A different kind of corporation game! This is a simple, avoid enemies and complete tasks game, but it's easy and fun. You move from the sewers to the top floor boardroom, and as you proceed, you face new challenges and different backgrounds. It won't take you long to get to the top, but the ending is funny and you can go back and replay again and again.

Play Corporate Climber.

N

N is a simple, fun game (somewhat like Fancy Pants, but a smaller character...and no pants) where you jump through obstacles to collect coins and move through doors to the next level. It's addictive but challenging, and great whether you want to play for 5 minutes or 3 hours.

Play N here.

Elephant Quest

Explore caves, ruins, jungles, and clouds as you move your elephant through various rooms, fighting off enemies and collecting keys and balloons. In addition to building your defenses and fighting stronger and stronger enemies, there are smaller quests to complete. The story is fun, and the ending is nice. It's a great little time killer, as it takes a little while to get through all the levels.

Play Elephant Quest.

Cursor*10

Let me warn you: this game is tough. It works a lot like The Company of Myself, where your early lives help out your later lives. You have to work on timing, click fast, and get a little bit of luck to get into the upper levels, but it's pretty addictive, so you'll keep trying (or at least I did).

Play Cursor*10.

Factory Balls

In Factory Balls, you have to use paint, belts, and other various tools to create the ball pictured on the box. There are a lot of different options, and as you proceed, it gets more and more difficult.

Play Factory Balls.

And then Factory Balls 2.

Easy Joe

Easy Joe is a cute little puzzle game where you click various objects to get the bunny through the levels. Some screens are more challenging than others, but it's fun to try to sort out what you need to do.

Play Easy Joe.

Cactus McCoy

Cactus McCoy is a fun adventure/fighting game with a good story and fun characters. As you move through levels, you fight different characters with various weapons, ranging from TNT to sheriff badges. There are lots of medals to win: each level has a time challenge and 5 secret areas to find, as well as 3 other challenges to complete. It's a game that will keep you busy for a while, especially if you want to gather up all the accomplishments.

Play Cactus McCoy.

Achievement Unlocked

Achievement Unlocked was the first of a series of 'elephant' games I've enjoyed immensely. It's a little off the wall, almost making fun of online games. The game is all about winning all the achievements (listed on the side in a scroll bar). The achievements vary from things like landing a corpse in a particular area to survival times to touching numbers in a particular order. If you can't get all the achievements, you can sneak a peek at the hints.

Achievement Unlocked 2 is the same idea (elephant and all) with more rooms and more to achieve.

Play Achievement Unlocked and Achievement Unlocked 2.

Get Off My Lawn

Get off my Lawn is a challenging level-up game where you have to defeat all the monsters before they destroy your lawn. It's multi-leveled, and will keep you busy for a while. The enemies have different abilities, so you'll have to adapt different strategies for different levels.

Play Get Off My Lawn.

Kids vs Ice Cream

Kids vs Ice Cream is a unique game where you're an ice cream truck trying to take out the vicious kids of the neighborhood. You start with a pretty basic truck, with pretty weak ice-cream gun. But by the end of the game, you have multiple guns, a Popsicle missile shooter, and the coffee toffee cannon of doom (because kids hate nothing more than coffee ice cream).

Play Kids vs Ice Cream.

The Company of Myself

The Company of Myself is a very nice artistic game with a melancholy story. You play as a sad man (you learn more of his story as you advance) who reaches his end goal by interacting with his shadows. There's a fair bit of strategy involved, but the story keeps you pushing on to see what happens.

Play The Company of Myself.

Sushi Cat

Sushi Cat is a cute and fun game where you play as a cat trying to eat as much sushi as possible. You drop the cat and it bounces around, catching available food. It's simple but addictive, and although there are many levels, it's something you can play for 5 minutes and then leave it.

Play Sushi Cat here.

Want more? Try Sushi Cat the Honeymoon.

Infectonator

Like Boomshine, this is a simple, addictive click game where you are trying to create a chain reaction. But unlike Boomshine, it's got a story and many more levels. It's also a level-up type game, where you earn coins with each kill, which you can spend on increasing the threat of your virus.

Start with Infectonator.

Then Infectonator World Edition.

And if you're still feeling it, Infectonator X-mas edition.

Indestructo Tank

Indestructo Tank is a great random/level up game. You play as a military tank, moving through a field while air forces above you attempt to drop bombs on you. The catch is, you want to be hit by these bombs, and launched into the air to destroy the planes. It's a fun action game, but strategy is important, as you want to maximize your combos while not running out of gas. Also, you have to chose which aircraft you want to buy (there are 5 options), and there are differences between the bombs they drop--so chose carefully.

Play Indestructo Tank here.

Indestructo Tank 2 is here. (I don't think it's as good as the original...too much going on...but if you like #1, try it).

Hedgehog Launch

If you play online games regularly, you've probably run into 'level up' games (my term, I haven't seen it anywhere else). They're games where you have an end goal, and you work toward the task, usually earning money or points, to level up until you can reach your final goal. Hedgehog Launch was my first true level up game, and I haven't seen any that quite measure up to it. It's slow going at first, but quickly you get better launches and rockets, and soon you're zipping closer and closer to the moon. I love games that have a nice ending, and this one certainly does.

Play Hedgehog Launch here.

And then try Hedgehog Launch 2 here.

Fancy Pants Adventure

Fancy Pants Adventure is a fun and addictive game, which you can play for five minutes or an hour. The graphics are great (my boyfriend has the most fun making Fancy do flips), the controls are easy and the levels change up so you have new ways to fly Fancy through the air. Plus, once you've been the game the first time, there are trophies and different color pants to win. And of course, it's always fun to try to race through the game as fast as you can.

Play the game here.

Boomshine

Here's a quick review for a quick game. Boomshine is colorful, simple, and deceptively challenging to win. Your goal is to set off a chain reaction to explode as many bubbles as you can. At first it's easy, but it gets hard quickly. See how fast you can win (and then see how long it takes you to beat your score).

Play the game here.

p.s. if you like Boomshine, try out Infectonator. It's the same concept (although presented differently)

GemCraft

If you're looking for a game that's more of a long term commitment and less jump-around-punch-out-enemies, then maybe GemCraft is the game for you. I played it religiously last summer, and it lasted me over two months. It's a matter of managing your points and spending wisely, but there are truly endless levels. There isn't much reward, other than the sense of accomplishment, but it's such a mammoth of a game that you really do feel like you've accomplished something when you've won. (you haven't...you've just wasted a lot of time playing a silly internet game.)

There's a newer version, GemCraft Labyrinth (I think), which I haven't started yet, but I'm sure promises even more tower-building joy. I'll let you know what I think of it when I've had time to give it a solid run (don't expect anything for a few months).

Play the game here.

Save the Sheriff

Save the Sheriff is a fun, many-leveled game where you play as a pig on a mission to save his trusty sheriff. It's a pretty simple, platform style game; you jump around, landing on enemies to kill them and move through levels. Despite being a little old-school (kind of reminds you of Super Mario Bros), the story is great and there are enough levels to keep you occupied for a while.


Play the game here.

Great Online Games--An Introduction

I've been thinking a lot lately about blogging.  A few weeks ago, I started a blog, but it has mostly fizzled out because it has no drive, no subject, and basically no focus.  When I read advice on what to do to make your blog better, I found saw one tip over and over again: give your blog a theme.  I struggled to think of a subject that I could use as my main focus, and was for the most part disappointed.  Sure, I cook, but nothing interesting. And yeah, I'm interested in news, but I'm not a junkie and wouldn't have much to contribute.

But tonight, as I was killing time on the internet, it hit me.  I spend a lot of my time playing online games.  And I realized that I could possibly make a real contribution by creating a blog that showcased the best of the free online games.  I started thinking about the lists I would create, and I realized that I'd never seen anything like it.  And so, I'm going to start.

A brief note: I have no connections to any of these sites or game developers.  I'm simply a girl who likes to play games online when she's bored.

So that's the backstory.  And now it begins.