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Online Games Guide - How to Find Game Sites and Cool Games

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Online Games Guide - Play and Procrastinate

Every now and then I just get bored with my console or PC games, or I have a few minutes (or hours) to kill online, and I like to play online games. There are a variety of great places where these games are aggregated and there are a lot of people on the internet churning out neat little games, some of which would have been sellers back in the old days when you got your gaming fix from your Atari or Commodore 64.

Now the technology is greater, and the graphics are nicer, so people are turning out pretty good flash games right from their home PC.

Check out some of my favorite sites and games, and if you have some suggestions, I'd love to hear from you.

I've also included sites that have online multiplayer games. All of them require registration.

The best thing about all of these games is they are free! If you get tired of them, you can always go to another game or site, and it doesn't cost you anything but surf time.

Note: Sometimes I will attribute a game to a site, even though it was picked up from a home site. I try to give credit where credit is due, but if I make a mistake, I will work to correct it. I'm all about giving game designers their due.

Imperion

The newest online game I'm playing is Imperion. Like Tribal Wars, it's a build and conquer type game, but this one is in space.

Build buildings, develop technology, build a fleet and conquer the universe.

Come play Imperion Beta.

I'm hoping to put together a quick start guide soon (terrans initially), although the basic strategies are the same.

Urban Rivals

An online collectible card game, part Magic:TG and Pokemon. Buy sell and trade fighters, train them up and fight your rivals.

A neat game that is free, quick to register for, and quick to learn. Tricky to master though. Addictive.

Urban Rivals

Tribal Wars

A civilization-type game where you build up your village, build troops and take over other villages.

Takes some time to build up and master, but it will keep you entertained for months, and give you something to do at work when you have time to build some buildings.

Tribal Wars

I was going to write a tutorial for getting started, but I didn't get a round tuit.

Aha, I've finally gotten around to my Tribal Wars help lens.

Urban Dead

Pick a class, roam around the extensive map, and kill zombies. Or become one and prey on the human players. You can communicate, barricade yourself in and fight other players.

Urban Dead

Puzzle Pirates

Puzzle Pirates

Go from island to island, buying better gear and fighting other players and ships in a variety of puzzle games. (My favorite is the Puzzle Fighter-esque Tetris game).

As you progress, buy better pirate togs and gather gold.

Trukz

For you gear jockies, try Trukz.

Drive from town to town with the hammer down, shipping loads of goods, keeping your truck up to date and not getting pulled over by the county mounties. Like Tribal Wars, its addicting to keep up your truck and buy new parts.

Trukz

Newgrounds - Everything By Everyone

Created in 1998 by Tom Fulp, what started out as a showcase for his own work became a popular place for others' work as well.

He created the Pico series and Alien Hominid, which eventually became a console game in its own right. He is following it up with Castle Crashers.

Meanwhile, the Internet denizens have turned out to create and showcase their own games.

In addition to thousands of games, they also have user submitted flash movies.

Newgrounds

PopCap Games

PopCap has dozens of games you can play online or download to your computer. Lots of puzzle and strategy games for your neurotic enjoyment.

Most recently PopCap has developed Plants vs. Zombies, a twist on tower defense games, with greater graphics, entertaining game play, and dozens of options on both sides. The main game also includes mini-games, puzzles and the Zen Garden.

Download the free trial or buy it for a measly $20. Once you play the trial, you'll see that It's worth it.

Armor Games

These guys are very prolific, and very talented. I'm always getting stuck here playing games for far longer than I should, which is fine!

Armor Games

Miniclip Games

Another repository of flash games and the like made by them.

Miniclip

Other Cool Online Game Sites

OnlineGames.net
Lots of games, some repeats.
ArcadeTemple.com
Includes game rating system.
FreeOnlineGames.com
Still more games.
Popcap
Popcap has tons of games that are free, and more sophisticated ones that you can play free before you buy them.
GameGecko.com
Lots of games, and the best mascot imho.
2GrandArcade.com
Plenty of games to keep you busy.
Yahoo Games
Lots of high-quality games, some require downloads.
OnlineFlashGames.org
Even more games.
Online Games 777
Over 3700 free games to play.

Other online and MMO game links

Conan MMO
Let Imaginary Fiend show you something about the newest MMO - Age of Conan.
Champions MMO
Imaginary Fiend also digs Champions. Check it out.
On RPG
If you like MMORPGs, Multiplayer games and sports team simulators, this place is the jackpot.

Huge repository of free MMORPGs, P2P games, MMO trials and other freebies.
MMO Site
MMO info links and dowloads
BBG Site
More games and MMOs
F2P
Free to Play Games and MMOs
Free MMORPG List
List and reviews of free MMOs

Other Games you can Play Online

These games will cost you to play, but they are very entertaining with lots of people to play with, featuring great graphics and gameplay.

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Is there an Online Game you like? Tell me about it so I can check it out.

  • robert carey Mar 3, 2012 @ 5:33 am | delete
    old game i played in the late 80s had like three 7s u had 2 line up mayb more on the old commodore 64 vic 20
  • david Nov 6, 2011 @ 11:26 am | delete
    Another 2 important ones:
    http://www.freemmorpglist.com & http://www.f2p.com
  • spletneigre Sep 8, 2010 @ 4:09 am | delete
    you can try some realy nice games on igre
  • David Nov 19, 2009 @ 2:23 pm | delete
    Really nice post,thanks for sharing....free online games
  • magnizmo May 8, 2009 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    I like online games at GamesPond.net
  • JHFSEO Apr 23, 2009 @ 5:14 pm | in reply to weblegend | delete
    Good call, Weblegend, thanks!

    mmosite
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  • weblegend Apr 22, 2009 @ 10:22 pm | delete
    Hey, you missing two very important MMO game links :D

    http://www.mmosite.com
    http://www.bbgsite.com
  • tdove Aug 26, 2008 @ 10:42 pm | delete
    Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
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