The Best Free Online (in-browser or downloadable) Games

i loved both achievement unlocked games

http://www.qcfdesign.com/?cat=20

why no, i wasn't planning to get any work done today

re: corporation inc., by the way, as far as i can tell the only difference in modes is that you have less money. it's also pretty trivial to work out an ideal play strategy after, like, one attempt. also happiness doesn't actually do anything, as far as i can tell. i was really hoping someone would reach 0% happy and drive out of a window.

Played Desktop Dungeons a few months back, it's cool but the lack of depth stopped me getting hooked.

My friend made a game for everyone to enjoy - WASD controls, press F1 to read the manifesto

http://www.mediafire.com/?33t2bz5i71italg

please play it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i played DD a while back too - not amazing, but excellent roguelike genre entry. i really liked the design of it

Isle of Tune - not really a game but a cute little browser sequencer program thing that looks like a game! isleoftune.com

After spending some time "playing" Isle of Tune (nice!) and then listening to Autechre's Move of Ten, I am kinda o_O.

Digital: A Love Story is -- so far -- amazing. It's too bad I only just found out about it cause I would have absolutely voted for it in Coint + Plick.

wow, that was beautiful

it's more aligned with IF or hypertexts than 'games' but really gorgeous and moving

resend yr. ballot if you want.

thanks for reminding me, mordy, i always meant to get back to that

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2011/01/feature_top_freeware_experimen_1.html

Roulette looks like a laugh riot!

Braid has now been dethroned as the most earnestly sentimental platformer ever
http://jayisgames.com/cgdc9/?gameID=11

i heard there are different endings depending on what time of day you play it

def. gonna check out roulette later

Agree with mordy re: digital. Truly brilliant game.

Is very IF'y or hypertexty but far more gamey than just a clicky visual novel. Also has an amiga workbench style OS which is great.

i thought it was great, and an incredible nostalgia trip back into those BBS days, but man the actual "gameplay" got really tedious in the last half - which is why i spent 6 months between doing the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes. still, more importantly a really great little thing, very pretty in places, probably in my top 10 of the year

been playin this for days http://www.kongregate.com/games/DogmaDZ/nom-nom-adventures

Just finished Digital. I didn't find the ending as affecting, but the whole thing was very well done. I think everything after the twist made it seem much less real, but the initial sequence of messages with *Emilia was painfully spot on.

"i spent 6 months between doing the first 30 minutes and the last 30 minutes"

Does this mean the whole thing takes about an hour or am I assuming too much?

takes about an hour.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/nerdook/i-am-an-insane-rogue-ai

not online but i am enjoying http://code.google.com/p/opentyrian/ (mac version available)

"Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The story is set in 20,031"

YES! I love when the year has at least 5 digits!

http://www.kongregate.com/games/ttursas/imperfect-balance-2

^^^ quite tuff from the start but the glass shapes are so satisfying to break

http://jayisgames.com/games/jorinapeka/

nice

Brutal: http://www.kongregate.com/games/IcyLime/multitask

http://games.adultswim.com/cardboard-box-assembler-puzzle-online-game.html

once again, somehow adult swim is on the forefront of experimental games

(that game is great)

The levels are limited to six sides of a box, so it never gets super-'throw-the-controller-at-the-wall'-frustrating. It does my head in, but in a totally enjoyable way.

that game is very good

101 Free Games 2011 from 1UP.com

they got this thing where they break up their feature articles into 19 pages now. kind of sucks but then again it's another 101 list

Pretty easy way to lose a few hours in your afternoon: http://games.yahoo.com/game/all-we-need-is-brain

yeah, that is for real clever

(spoiler) the stage where you have to shoot the brains is inspired

SPOILER
Man, that took forever for to discover -- and I'd actually almost figured out a way to beat that level without shooting the brains.

PS -- I'm getting a lot of these games from NPR, believe it or not: http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=127036078

http://armorgames.com/play/10606/elephant-quest

Achievement Quest RPG, sort of

Special for Mordy: "Digital: A Love Story" sequel "Don't Take It Personally Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story" just came out.
http://scoutshonour.com/donttakeitpersonallybabeitjustaintyourstory/

two strikes make me not want to try it, just from the screenshots - a)fake facebook gameplay b)"weeaboo"

i doubt anyone will even remember that word in 2027

somebody else be the guinea pig!

ugh i feel horrible for playing that elephant quest RPG for like a half hour, damn my compulsive RPG addictions

i hate you for getting me hooked on that elephant game too

ugh i feel horrible for playing that elephant quest RPG for like a half hour, damn my compulsive RPG addictions

Somewhere, a WoW addict just emerged from a 36-hour poopsocking fest and read that, and shed a lonely tear

i'm gonna play the weeaboo game. i will report back

ok, i got distracted by and beat Elephant Quest first. now onto the weeaboo game.