| I love video games. Who doesn't? They can | | | | game was released entitled Word 'Em Up. I played |
| make us think, relax us, force us to exercise (we | | | | this particular game even more, recording |
| all need it), and best of all entertain us. Thankfully, | | | | thousands of sessions, and many, many hours. |
| the people who made our computers realized we | | | | And with that, my descent (or ascent, depending |
| would need entertainment from it and provided us | | | | how you look at it) into free online games had |
| with solitaire, minesweeper, pinball, and FreeCell. | | | | completed, I was a slave to them (willingly of |
| Four free games that could entertain us for hours. | | | | course). |
| Unfortunately, their time is up. The times have | | | | Nowadays, most free online games are made |
| changed, we have grown weary of our free | | | | using Flash animation. And there are tons of them. |
| computer games; they bore us. We need | | | | Just from memory I can recall miniature golf |
| something more. Luckily, the internet has come to | | | | games, castle defending games, |
| the rescue. | | | | wardrobe-changing games, board games, famous |
| There are so many free online games, I am not | | | | board games, crosswords, word searches, even |
| sure where to begin. The first online game I | | | | adaptations of major games from our personal |
| encountered was something called Kung-Fu Chess. | | | | consoles. The limits seem to be endless and I'm |
| A buddy introduced me when he found out I | | | | glad they are. Even as a youth I could only take |
| enjoyed chess; he told me it wasn't like chess, it | | | | playing solitaire for so long, and now that I work |
| was better. I was skeptical at first, but I happily | | | | behind a computer I can't stand to look at the |
| went to test it out. | | | | program. I shouldn't have to mention the other |
| It was unreal to me! An applet of Javascript the | | | | games more than letting you know I would |
| game had the chess pieces moving all at once, | | | | consider myself a guru in all of them. |
| with a set time before they could move again! | | | | But, for the die-hards out there, I can almost be |
| Before you start thinking I'm a loon, let me | | | | certain there are new found free online games |
| mention it was multiplayer and you were in | | | | focusing on your beloved solitaire, or |
| competition with someone you may not even | | | | minesweeper, or even FreeCell. You won't catch |
| know. It was fantastic and I played for hours. | | | | me trying to look for them though! |
| Shortly thereafter a tiled-letter word-making | | | | |