This week, for some odd reason, I have been into playing games online. It started with ping pong and then I found a whole suite of simple games that I couldn’t get enough of. I have never been much of a gamer but you could say that I graduated from those simple games and I am moving on to the more “advanced” ones.
The site that I came across this time is Miniclip. The selection of games is simply incredible: PowerBoat, Motocross, Pool, and much more! My absolute favorite would have to be Motherload though. It is an action game where you control a mining machine and go digging for minerals. It sounds simple enough but you have to remember to keep a full tank of gas and you’ll need to trade in your minerals for cash so that you can keep on re-fueling and upgrading.
Upgrades and repairs are available but you might want to get the hang of the game first before worrying about those too much. When you start to run out of fuel I have also found it to be very beneficial to have a straight path to the surface, otherwise you’ll get lost in your own maze of mining holes. I noticed that the gas tank runs out very fast so I saved up some money and that was the first thing that I upgraded. Then I got a better drill so that the machine would go mine a little faster.
Motherload also lets you save your game but if you it will start your score over. I highly recommend that you do save it though because it will get frustrating when you are doing so well with upgrades and end up dying (it happened to me many times). It isn’t always about the high score, sometimes it is more fun to get further in the game. 
I posted a link to Miniclip via that ping pong game in your ping pong post.
Another site for lots of games: 2flashgames.com
Ha, I even played that game too. I thought the site looked familiar but I found it when searching for Flash games on Google.
That 2flashgames is pretty fun…I think I’m getting a little addicted to these games. Now I know why I never played them.
check out teagames.com, addictinggames.com, and I’ve heard a rumors of a Collect & Identify….
Collect & Identify is a project that Andrew, myself, and a few others are working on for a project at school. Just thought I would let everyone know since there are only a few of the thousands of visitors each day that actually go to school with me.
Wow, I just wasted about an hour playing motherlode… I’m never coming back here again, Ryan.
Kongregate.com is a good Web 2.0 game site. However, it is still in alpha and you need an invite to get in.
I still have three of them. If anybody’s interested, shoot me an e-mail at konginvite.3.pdedecker@spamgourmet.com. (Note: this is a redirect address to prevent spam. This address will destroy itself after three mails.)
Yahoo used to have lots of games most you could play against others players which was a lot of fun.
Here, you want a free flash game? Go [harveycartel.org] You have to download it, but what does that matter? There’s also an online version [onemorelevel.com] but it doesn’t have as many levels.
Enjoy!
Heheh, it’s funny that for such a plugged in person it seems like you’ve only just discovered flash games – especially MiniClip