Play Free or Die - The Best Free Web Games

mlimber writes "Slate has an article up on the best free web games. Just what is needed for testing out that new laptop you got for Christmas." These games are considerably more fun than I thought they'd be -- most of them seem to work well with Firefox on Linux (though some require a Windows-only download). And when Salon says "Ayiti: The Cost Of Life makes the Oregon Trail look like Candy Land," they mean it -- most games don't need to caution you that "if the whole family is dead, you lose."

DIsclaimer

[AKAImBatman]

To add a disclaimer to my post, I am associated with WiiCade, so take my post with a grain of salt. That being said, the game really is good. Feel free to check out the NewGrounds reviews [newgrounds.com] (I am NOT associated with them) or just play the game for yourself. :-)

HELP ME!

[Anonymous Coward]

My minicity needs more industry!

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TD

[Lord Byron II]

How could they forget Desktop Tower Defense?

handdrawngames.com

They missed a great time waster

[dwillden]

That article missed a great time waster. I haven't played any of the others but http://www.puzzlepirates.com// [puzzlepirates.com] has certainly eaten up a lot of my free time.

Re:No FPS multiplayer shooter!

[AKAImBatman]

Sorry, I'm mildly confused. This is what I was thinking about:

http://dzzd.net/demo/QUAKE/ [dzzd.net]

Jake2 is a standalone app.

There also used to be a Quake III based engine over on http://www.jpct.net./ [www.jpct.net] I don't know what ever happened to that.

KoL?

[Preebs]

I'm sorry but how could they forget Kingdom of Loathing? I've played that game for years and it has still kept me entertained.

runescape

[Cyko_01]

this game [runescape.com] is addictive!

Re:They missed one of the best of the season

[Goaway]

Horrible Flash graphics, horrible framerate, loose controls, unclear and dull gameplay, and painful and unnecessary cutscenes that try and try to be funny but only cause embarrassment.