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Jastermereel · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject:

How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take in a Fight?
http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/
I got 16:) - come to think of it, I think they might be underestimating the little buggers. When my cousin was that age, she could be a sneaky little terror.

In a related note:
Children's games from around the world:
http://www.topics-mag.com/edition11/games-tag.htm
From a essay musing on the origin of games:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_130/2764-Dawn-of-Games
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:48 am Post subject:

Dresden Codak
A truly strange web-comic
http://dresdencodak.com/

Either start at the beginning of the archives of one-shot bits and pieces:
http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_001.htm

Or, perhaps a better option, start at the beginning of Hob, a recent year long story involving time-travel, the singularity, and Tiny Carl Jung:
http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_032.htm
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Jastermereel · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject:

Storm the House 3
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Ivory/storm-the-house-3
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Trool · Good Karma Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 1486

Yah, I spend a while playing that last night, simple but addicting...
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

One to piss you off:
http://www.miniclip.com/games/mallet-mania/en/
One to take your stress out on:
http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Endless-Zombie-Rampage.html
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Trool · Good Karma Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 1486

kinda reverse tetris:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/WeirdBeardGames/99-bricks
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Jastermereel · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

Assembler: http://www.gamereclaim.com/2008/10/128/
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fate · Uber-Karma Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1178

Mirror's edge 2d http://www.bornegames.com/?page_id=369
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Trool · Good Karma Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 1486

PETA made a cooking mama rip off for Thanksgiving....
http://www.peta.org/cooking-mama/index.asp?c=pcmgb08
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Jastermereel · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

Super Obama World: http://superobamaworld.com/
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fate · Uber-Karma Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1178

Re: PETA cooking mama

At this point I'm waiting for PETA to come out with news that their whole existence has been one long exercise in epic trolling.
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

Gravity Hook: http://www.adamatomic.com/gravity/
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Trool · Good Karma Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 1486

audiotorium, fun music game. Gets good once you get past act 1 and they introduce multiple colors.

http://www.playauditorium.com/
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject:

Boomshine: http://www.kongregate.com/games/k2xl/boomshine
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fate · Uber-Karma Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1178

http://www.fka200.com/2009/01/03/a-list-of-some-of-the-top-domain-name-sales-ever-most-expensive-domains/
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject:

Fatcat: http://www.nitrome.com/games/fatcat/
Pyro: http://theawesomer.com/free-pyro/8035/
Frantic: http://theawesomer.com/free-frantic/7991/
Ragdoll Cannon: http://theawesomer.com/ragdoll-cannon-remake/8553/
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Jastermereel · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject:

Hunted Forever: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Pixelante/hunted-forever
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Jastermereel · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:08 am Post subject:

Promnesiac: http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games8/gameindex/promnesiac.htm

Jastermereel · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:18 pm Post subject:

Dodge:
http://armorgames.com/play/2963/dodge
Lead the enemy's missiles back to them.
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Jastermereel · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:10 am Post subject:

Grow Tower: http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2009/01/grow_tower.html

Grid: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Candystand/grid
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Trool · Good Karma Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 1486

an artsy little puzzle game
http://www.kongregate.com/games/GlaielGamer/closure
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

The Tower (not quite a Tower Defense style game, but along the same lines)
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eggy/the-tower
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fate · Uber-Karma Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1178

Horrible programming jokes/puns

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7v978/a_sql_query_walks_into_a_bar_and_sees_two_tables/
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Jastermereel · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:42 am Post subject:

Shopping Cart Hero
http://www.kongregate.com/games/MonkeyWantBanana/shopping-cart-hero
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

Super Stacker 2
http://www.thegamehomepage.com/play/super-stacker-2/
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Jastermereel · Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

Chain of Fire:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/asagoPAN/chain-of-fire
It's like one of those music games, but with fire...and oddly, less fun.

Bubble Quod:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/GarbuzGames/bubblequod
Help the little man out of the bubble.

Saber Duel:
http://www.mochiads.com/games/saber-duel/
For those that don't have enough aggravation in their lives.
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

Rolly Polly
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/action/1266.htm
Detonate the smileys.
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Jastermereel · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject:

The Space Game:
http://www.casualcollective.com/games/The_Space_Game
Not an original name, but a nice variant on the tower defense concept.
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:47 am Post subject:

Sproing Reloaded:
http://armorgames.com/play/3158/sproing-reloaded

Block Drop:
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/puzzle/1277.htm
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Jastermereel · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Cat with Bow Golf 2
http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games8/gameindex/catwithbowgolf2.htm

Not actually a waste of time:

Another geography game:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/crafics/globetrotter-xl
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