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

who is going to test this one?

"Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the game is created based on a random file on the players computer. If the player kills the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the application itself is deleted.

Although touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, and killing aliens awards points, the aliens will never actually fire at the player. This calls into question the player's mission, which is never explicitly stated, only hinted at through classic game mechanics. Is the player supposed to be an aggressor? Or merely an observer, traversing through a dangerous land?

Why do we assume that because we are given a weapon an awarded for using it, that doing so is right?

By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of it diminishes, yet, at the same time, it becomes increasingly important in our lives. At what point does our virtual data become as important to us as physical possessions? If we have reached that point already, what real objects do we value less than our data? What implications does trusting something so important to something we understand so poorly have?

KILLING ALIENS IN LOSE/LOSE WILL DELETE FILES ON YOUR HARDDRIVE PERMANANTLY"

ugh no. especially the second to last paragraph there

link for the crazy brave stupid
http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/

how did the hi-scorer not obliterate his OS? o_O

BlueHawk slaughtered 4711 alien(s)
roto slaughtered 2700 alien(s)
marcan slaughtered 2699 alien(s)
CaitSith2 slaughtered 2698 alien(s)
Sharona slaughtered 1000 alien(s)
arvernus slaughtered 412 alien(s)
Guest slaughtered 154 alien(s)
orochidp slaughtered 99 alien(s)
funkyskunk5 slaughtered 24 alien(s)
brian slaughtered 15 alien(s)
Meldariel slaughtered 13 alien(s)
newaccount slaughtered 12 alien(s)
ArtemAksenov slaughtered 10 alien(s)
pablos93 slaughtered 9 alien(s)
test slaughtered 8 alien(s)
Meldariel slaughtered 8 alien(s)
danielfrings slaughtered 7 alien(s)
georgelam slaughtered 7 alien(s)
Guest slaughtered 5 alien(s)
test slaughtered 3 alien(s)
test slaughtered 3 alien(s)
schmandy slaughtered 3 alien(s)
test slaughtered 3 alien(s)
test slaughtered 3 alien(s)
Guest slaughtered 3 alien(s)
Sharona slaughtered 3 alien(s)
Jake slaughtered 3 alien(s)
test slaughtered 3 alien(s)
test slaughtered 2 alien(s)
Manu slaughtered 2 alien(s)
test slaughtered 2 alien(s)
DAM_ini slaughtered 2 alien(s)
d1staff slaughtered 2 alien(s)
test slaughtered 1 alien(s)
henninggerdemann slaughtered 1 alien(s)
Trevor slaughtered 1 alien(s)
dustin slaughtered 1 alien(s)
test. slaughtered 1 alien(s)
brian slaughtered 1 alien(s)
leongrantbussinger slaughtered 1 alien(s)
test slaughtered 1 alien(s)
danielfrings slaughtered 1 alien(s)
danielwahl slaughtered 1 alien(s)
test slaughtered 1 alien(s)
test slaughtered 1 alien(s)
test slaughtered 1 alien(s)
test slaughtered 1 alien(s)
james slaughtered 1 alien(s)
Guest slaughtered 1 alien(s)
sebastianfranz slaughtered 1 alien(s)
Shared slaughtered 1 alien(s)
Shared slaughtered 1 alien(s)
Jake slaughtered 1 alien(s)

why not just install a virus instead, a lot quicker.

Backup - kill a million aliens - restore means you get to be best in the world at a game. Even if it's a stupid shit game, you get to be best in the world. We've got people on here with hands like gnarled claws from trying to get in the top 1000 at Trials HD.

GNARLED CLAWS

That game is a death trap for OCD players.

Is the player supposed to be an aggressor? Or merely an observer, traversing through a dangerous land?

This is retarded, btw. Your gun auto-fires. You can't *not* kill aliens. Epic fail.

(Also, has anyone tested with a dud computer to see if this actually deletes files? Could be a false claim.)

but don't we all have a "gun" with "auto-fire" as we traverse through a "dangerous land"? makes you think...

time fcuk is pretty fun: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/511754

... :/

http://nintendo8.com/toplist/more/

neat

http://secrettechnology.com/explode/evidence.html

what the shit

ANTI GAME

if you win lose/lose do you get extra files

http://onemorelevel.com/game/miami_shark

It's been getting picked up on a lot of blogs this week, and I have to say it's been a pretty fun little game (and for Mac too!) -- Star Guard: http://vacuumflowers.com/star_guard/star_guard.html

Been addicted to the time trial mode for the last few days. I went through the regular single player mode, finally beat level 9 after 50-odd deaths-- I ain't getting through the whole thing on hard mode, that's for sure!

The storytelling/aesthetic reminds me of The Manipulator which was also pretty fun, though SG is more refined.

ok that shark game is hilarious.

ha, i killed a space shuttle with a shark!

This isn't free but the demo is:

http://machinarium.net/demo/

it's an awesome demo

I'm loving Machinarium. And it plays on the Mac! (Super hard, tho.)

oh hai the samorost guy is back <3 <3

this is really meta but fun:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/upgrade-complete

well that just sucked up my whole morning.

Enjoyed: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Coolio_Niato/light-bot

Really like this:

http://jayisgames.com/cgdc6/?gameID=9

cool

that is seriously beautiful

Yeah, I got just as much enjoyment from that as I did from the whole of Shadow Complex.

it's an amazing proof of concept; would love to see it fully fleshed out

i definitely liked that, but definitely more art piece than game, not sure how much further you could go with it without adding something more to it.

Yeah, you'd have to add some sort of interactivity at least.

Idea #1: a gun

Idea #2: Detective Mode

Why can't we be nice to one another for a change? (xp)

Did Mario ever need a gun?

no, because he had fireballs

idea #3: fireballs

idea #4 a cute widdle puppy
idea #5 a howitzer

idea #6 quicktime events

http://gam.ebb.jp/kaitai1.html

I like. Not too tough.

I realize that 1) most of you probably don't have Grid Wars (see first post in this thread) and 2) don't really give a shit about music matching up well with games, but if you get a chance, play this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RsdMs-Whlo

and play Grid Wars with the game music turned off but the sound effects left on. The sound fx from the game and the song are in the same key and match together perfectly, whether you're blowing shit up or exploding yourself.

killer music here too: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/473755

grid wars is so great