MMORPGs and other online Gaming

You may already know as a parent, some of these games on the internet may be for Mature Players, so obviously check if it is child friendly to the degree of how bad is the content in the game. However the catch for the online games that may seem suitable to most ages (like The GateWars / StarGateWars), some other players may cuss or swear at you because you attack them, or steal something from them, or anything that you can do in the game to other players that may make them ticked off, or some other reason.

Multi-Player games can also cracked open opportunities for predators. There tons of online games that provide support forums, private messaging options, online chats and so on, giving predators the ability to ask if you want to meet up at some place.

Overall be careful with online community's, ether if it's about a game, crochet, or just general networking. I'm not saying they aren't bad places to hang out, or they have bad language, but just to point out the internet can be as dangerous as it can be useful.

First off, this little way to play Flash Games offline is only meant for PERSONAL USE ONLY, sharing Flash games without permission from their owners is a violation of copyright law.

One way to play Flash Games offline is to use http://www.file2hd.com/
This a site enables you to save any file from any website, so in order to download Flash Games, you will need a link to the Flash Game you want to get, (for example you want Alias). Be sure you type the http:// in the URL bar on this site cause it'll say it's an invalid link if you don't (EG http://www.goriya.com/flash/alias.shtml), then click on "Get Files".

There should show a LOT of links and files when you click on the "Get Files", and since we are looking for the Alias game, look for the File with the extension .swf (Example: http://www.goriya.com/flash/games/alias.swf). Once you have found the .swf file, Right Click the link and click on "Save Link As...", this is when you select a place where you want to save your flash game. As a note: if you want to play more than one flash games offline, it would be smart to make a folder just for flash games in your documents.

Now we've got at least one Flash Game on your PC. Time to play it now, if you use FireFox as a Web Browser you can simply click on "File", then click on "Open File", this is where you go to the folder you have saved the .swf file then open it. Then boom the Flash Game should be running for offline use. This may work with other Web Browsers, but I am unsure. You can also play these games in full screen clicking on "View" then click on "Full Screen", you can toggle the full screen to window screen by clicking the Maximize/Restore Down button on the top right corner of FireFox.

I believe there are also some freeware programs out there that enables you to run Flash Games offline, just so you know if your current web browser doesn't allow you to run .swf files offline.