Kongregate

The King of online minigames, Kongregate is a repository for user-made games. The amount of games they have on the site is stunning to say the least, as you could easily find enough games to play to last you a year. They have a wide variety of genres that could interest even the most picky gamer.


Some of my favorite games include:

Creeper World, an RTS with a very basic graphical style, the story behind it is that you are a floating city and you have to fend off a flood of "creep" as you try to power up enough generators to get away. It gets very tricky in some levels and you have to think smart and build a good infrastructure and slowly push out to win. There are multiple games in the series and there are quite a few features that have been added to the sequel. I just recently started to play the sequel and it takes on a whole new approach to the game, as it makes it more of a 2D version. Many new features were implemented, like player controlled Creeper Spawners, which fire toxic creep that kills the enemy creep. There is a whole new resource and research system. And now you can make shields to keep the Creeper at bay. So all in all, you can't go wrong with this if you want to play a quick RTS game on Kong.


Bubble Tank, it is basically a top-down shooter where you take the place of a tank consisting of bubbles (who would have known!?). You level up through clearing bubbles and there are many paths you can take in upgrading your tank. The paths differ in the fact there is a more powerful, accurate one, and then there is one where you just shoot tons of bullets and crush your enemies through constant fire. Then there is a "balanced" path which combines parts of each and I think that might be the least interesting, as you never get any good skills or guns, just a bland mixture of normal weapons and speed.

Pandemic, CURSE YOU MADAGASCAR!!!!! Pandemic is about spreading you, the virus. You have to make many decisions that affect how your disease is spread, or how your victims are effected. I remember that they made a "reverse" Pandemic, in which you have to defend the U.S. from a deadly virus. Most of the time there is maybe one nation that seals off everything and you can't get in and win, but sometimes, just sometimes, you can sneak into every nation and slowly kill off everyone.