Must Have Game: Darwinia

I'm pretty late to the party with this one folks, but I'm still probably the first person you've heard talking about this game. Do you like games that are so well designed that they just ooze greatness? Do you like discovering a complex new toybox that just begs you to explore it? Do you like to have puzzles that are more complex than "match 3 or more colors in a row"? Do you dig retro games?

If you answered "yes" to 1.5 or more of these questions, drop what you are doing. Yes drop it. No, not on the floor silly.

Go to this site. Download the demo. Be amazed. It's like Black and White meets Command and Conquer meets Tron. Enjoy!!

Sylvaniah - flash based RPG / Platformer

Lots of really great retro-style games seem to be coming out lately! This is another example of a Rygar - style game created in flash. The poor site is being hit pretty hard by folks wanting to check it out, but give it a try and see for yourself. Great graphics, parallax scrolling, effects. Retro gaming goodness in your browser.

Flash based Adventure : Forgotten Myths

Here's another in the series of great retro flash based games I'm finding lately. This one looks to be a Kid Icarus style clone. Very cool!

Flash Game: MotherLoad

Warning! If you find yourself hopelessly addicted to great web games sometimes, then you should steer clear of this game immediately! Wow, the room really cleared out there. Well, for those of you still hanging around, this is a game that is simply quite addictive. All you do is pilot a tiny driller down into tunnels under the surface of Mars, bring back the minerals you collect, cash them in, and upgrade your driller (plus get fuel). It seems quite monotonous, but in fact its not only fun, it sucks you in to go drill down deeper and get more lucrative minerals to harvest. This is a shinging example of gameplay over graphics.

Exile - flash based RPG

Exile - The Game! This is what you'll see when you first load up this url. I take great delight in finding cool games and little snippets of fun stuff for folks. This site is one of those gems that you'll most likely immediately bookmark and start playing. There've been plenty of flash based games out there, and this flash based RPG is an example of how flash is maturing as a platform for gaming. You'll find yourself reminded of Gauntlet a bit as you travel through dungeons killing hapless goblins and other creepy creatures. Now that they are ad supported, you get the full game without having to pay! How great is that? If you like games like Wyvern, Adventure Quest, and Runescape, you'll dig this as well.

music and sounds for your games

Eko Projeckt is a site from a fellow named Will Musser who has some fantastic tracks and loops for interactive media and games. Just listen to a few to get an idea just how well done they are.

Also, in the same vein here's another great site (links seem to come in waves sometimes) http://gamenoise.com/. This site comes highly recommended by lots of folks for game sounds, music and voiceovers.

Freeform rpgs

Although I spent some time in my teens playing DnD, I often found the insane amount of scribbling, rules, dicethrowing, etc. etc. to really interfere with the best part (in my opinion) of the whole game - which was to be active in an engaging story where you work spontaneously with other folks. I think this is why games like World of Warcraft are taking off. Anyway check out the link above for a description of "what is freeform rpg" - ing.

I am posting this as well because this is something I want to incorporate in UR...

Dreff's Rantland: A brief survey of the RIA world, and why Rob Jones chose Laszlo

This article points to another one which covers briefly the pros and cons of the world of RIA's and talks about why he chose Laszlo. Nice read. You already know which one I like the best :)