tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55405102012-01-26T07:48:03.791ZWeb2 and Ajax GamesKeir Clarkenoreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-8742516754700628612008-05-02T16:03:00.002Z2008-05-02T16:21:47.982Z

XSketch is an on-line version of Pictionary. Each player takes it in turn to be the sketcher in the game whilst the other players try to guess what is being drawn. At the beginning of each round the players add points to the pot which is won by the winner. If no one guesses the correct word then the sketcher loses points. There is an overall scoreboard of all the players. The scoreboard is reset

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-65541188788035142662008-01-04T00:52:00.000Z2008-01-04T01:01:17.451Z

Protagonize is a new attempt at producing 'addventure' stories. An addventure is a type of online interactive fiction that combines aspects of round-robin stories and Choose Your Own Adventure-style tales.On Protagonize users can enter a story. Other users can then post branches to that story. What emerges is a non-linear narrative, a story in which readers can choose from a number of narrative

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-3012008988069488492007-10-05T11:20:00.000Z2007-10-05T11:27:53.951Z

Crowd Chess is an interesting experiment in bringing the 'wisdom of crowds' to chess. When you sign up for a game in Crowd Chess you join dozens, hundreds or even thousands of over players. Each player votes for a move and the move that gets the most votes is the one that is made. There is an element of individual competition in Crowd Chess as the top players are decided on by keeping score of

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-79938514530431473552007-09-20T16:39:00.000Z2007-09-20T16:51:28.340Z

Concentration is the classic card matching game. You know the one where all the cards/images are face down and you turn two over at a time, trying to remember and then match pairs of the same card/image. The images in Concentration however come from images from Flickr. The player can even enter their own search term so that you can play for example a game of concentration with kitten pictures or

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-55040086747818539372007-09-02T11:35:00.001Z2007-09-02T11:40:15.762Z

Google have included a secret flight simulator in the latest version of Google Earth.To open the simulator press Ctrl-Alt-A (Command+Option+A on the Mac) within Google Earth and Google Earth will switch to flight simulator mode. Once you have opened the flight simulator for the first time a link will appear in your tools menu.Google have a page here explaining the key controls to use the flight

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-65069558096156691572007-08-27T14:06:00.000Z2007-08-27T14:11:57.122Z

World of Solitaire is a faithful AJAX reproduction of the card game Patience. The game is implemented with YUI, MochiKit and PlotKit and includes a number of impressive features such as card resizing on browser resize, smooth drag and drop and animation of the playing cards.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-61600110498859832842007-08-10T15:59:00.000Z2007-08-10T16:08:01.278Z

Duels is a player vs. player (PVP) strategy game. Each player creates an avatar which then duels against other players' avatars. Rewards for winning include gold and tokens which can be used to upgrade your weaponry and armour. There are also a number of quests to carry out.To fight another player you issue a challenge. The clever bit of Duels is that the battles can take place whilst you are

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-9066582394101407802007-08-01T23:53:00.001Z2008-12-10T15:33:52.177Z

To promote their Live Search Maps Microsoft have produced a Flash driving game, which allows players to drive on top of the satellite imagery of Microsoft Maps. Microsoft Live Derby is a Pacman type game in which you drive around picking up tokens whilst avoiding being hit by the other cars.The game comes only a few days after we reviewed Tom Scott's Real World Racer for Google Maps.There are

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com286tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-84552331365061769972007-07-28T13:42:00.000Z2007-07-28T13:44:59.769Z

Tom Scott has produced a racing game for Google Maps called Real World Racer. You can race on the virtual streets of Paris, Boston or Swindon. In the game you race against three other cars as you attempt to be the first to the winning post.The game features an innovative approach to sound in games with, and I quote, "HumanSound™ for maximum enjoyment, make "bvvv, bvvvvv" noises as you accelerate

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-39212536265354571952007-07-16T01:24:00.000Z2007-07-16T01:31:34.433Z

Maganic Wars is one of those nice little Flash fans games that I keep returning to again and again. For a long time now the makers have been developing an online two player version of the game. They are not being any more specific than saying the game is expected to be completed this year. However they have now released this video of work completed so far and we can at last get a glimpse of the

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-49865621904506371892007-07-08T14:54:00.000Z2007-07-08T15:00:09.678Z

Chess.com has launched a social network for chess fans. The site includes many features common to other social networking sites like friends, profiles, blogging, events, forums, video sharing etc. In addition members can have a “yourname@chess.com” email address.The site also feature articles on chess and the chance to play chess against the computer. Player vs player games will be launched next

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-19536452451837468042007-06-28T11:32:00.000Z2007-06-28T11:37:25.024Z

Guess what Connect 4 in an online version of Connect 4. It appears to follow the usual format for these kind of online multiplayer games; players must register, once registered players are placed in a waiting lobby, then a player can either join someone who has started a game and is waiting for an opponent or start their own game.Unfortunately when I had a look at the game there were no other

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-43173668539193378502007-06-05T01:02:00.000Z2007-06-05T22:11:14.941Z

OK, this one isn't a game but is a bit of shameless promotion for my main blog, Virtual Tourism. On Virtual Tourism you can view videos of famous locations around the world embedded on Google Maps.Anyway you may have noticed that Google Maps has a new feature called 'Street View'. It is a very cool feature that I have managed to hack into a Google Gadget which you can add to your iGoogle page.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-80235296780356886382007-06-02T12:47:00.000Z2007-06-02T12:53:35.346Z

Weewar is a round based strategy game featuring real action on real maps. Up to 6 players command pixel armies against each other on a player chosen map.This game is currently in private beta and you can apply for an invite here.The game starts when a player chooses from a number of terrains and then invites other players. Players then take over factories and set them to produce more armies and

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-89819398371596454252007-05-21T13:44:00.000Z2007-05-21T14:03:13.280Z

My Mini Life is a Flash based virtual world / social network. Users can build their own homes and then embed their homes into a web page (as you can see above). Users can also embed media files, such as videos, mp3's, games and links to web pages in their homes. However these don't seem to work in the embedded versions. If you click on the little house with the red roof in the movie above you can

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-76908216938758625852007-05-14T16:11:00.000Z2007-05-14T16:14:59.660Z

There is no AJAX in involved in this little toy, it is just pure Shockwave fun. Sky isn't going to keep you entertained for hours but is well worth a visit. So go on, visit.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-3623583550971658552007-05-01T15:21:00.000Z2007-05-01T15:29:11.627Z

I have a feeling that Lands of Kazram could be a huge game. Currently the game is in private Beta but hopefully it will be going into public Beta soon. Personally I can't wait to get a look at this game.Lands of Kazram is a free browser based MMORPG, that won't require any downloads. It sounds a bit like Runescape and having a look at the screenshots it will look a little like Runscape as

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-85386185981424495592007-04-02T07:23:00.000Z2007-04-02T07:27:36.251Z

Wabble is an online multi-player Scrabble game. The game doesn't require any registration. To set up a game just give your game a name and wait for other players to join you. It couldn't be easier.If you love Scrabble than you'll love this faithful reproduction.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-65788865366591518702007-03-16T22:51:00.000Z2007-03-22T23:51:03.569Z

Eat poop U Cat is a strange Chinese whispers game that uses sentences and pictures. The first player is given a sentence that s/he has to draw. The second player then has to write a sentence describing that picture, the third player then has to draw a picture of player two's sentence and so on (to get a better idea of the game just click on the link above and check it out).The game is written

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-75975338120339709872007-03-15T18:41:00.000Z2007-03-15T18:57:05.240Z

We Dig TV is new website that features a number of Flash conversions of a number of popular TV game shows. The game shows currently featured are Blockbusters, Countdown, Family Fortunes and Catchphrase. Each of the game shows uses actual footage from the original British TV shows which makes for a pretty immersive experience. However the big problem with all of the games is the in game TV style

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-90160982539209852007-02-26T18:16:00.000Z2007-02-26T18:22:03.032Z

Vox Imperium is a free browser-based multiplayer strategy game based on conquest, diplomacy, and territorial control. Players compete for resources and territory in a game that combines elements from Civilization, Settlers of Catan, and Go.The game starts with an excellent tutorial that steers you through your opening moves and you can win access to the Vox Map Maker, allowing you to shape the

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-54967526363114382872007-02-24T18:51:00.000Z2007-02-27T20:56:00.159Z

Wabble is an online Ajax powered Scrabble game. I'm not sure how long this site will evade the copyright lawyers so I would head over and play it now. The site doesn't need registration, just type in a username and join a table.Gameplay is very easy, click a tile to select it. Click somewhere else to place it. Click 'Submit' when you have your word.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-4744539095568145442007-02-05T19:30:00.000Z2007-02-05T19:57:48.958Z

Wings is a Google Maps flight simulator in which you can fly over the world as an eagle. This is similar to Goggles, a Google Maps flight simulator in which you control a bi-plane, however it feels more satisfying flying over the world as an eagle.Unfortunately there isn't really any game play involved with either of these simulators but both are worth a visit.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-77664823512525832672007-01-27T20:25:00.000Z2007-02-05T22:12:27.415Z

Kongregate is an online 'hub' for flash players and game developers to meet up, play games, and operate together as a community. Players are able to rate games which creates a nice 'digg' type buzz around the better games (Digg's playable webgames is another great resource for finding games). Kongregate also has a number of forums, an online chat facility and the ubiquitous tagging of

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1167354745455753032006-12-29T00:57:00.000Z2006-12-29T01:12:25.466Z

Kdice is a multi-player version of the very popular Dice Wars Flash game. The game is very similar to Risk in that it is a turn based territorial game. The game also features a chat option to aid in the ganging up on whoever is winning.The game itself uses the Google Web Toolkit integrated with Flash. Incidentally if you haven't played Taro Ito's Dice Wars go and do so now.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1165507532030051502006-12-07T16:00:00.000Z2006-12-07T16:05:32.040Z

Acrowars is an acronym word game based on acrophobia. A random sequence of letters, an acronym, is shown to all players. The players must come up with a sentence from these letters. Players then vote for their favourite sentence, and the player with the most votes after 10 rounds wins the game.For example the game may throw up the letters 'IHIE'. To which you might type 'I hate Internet Explorer'

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1164426542343392322006-11-25T03:42:00.000Z2006-11-25T03:49:02.353Z

OK, so this one doesn't even fit into my very loose definition of Web 2.0 nor is it really a game, but it is one of most awesome uses of Flash that I have seen. Basically the site animates in 3D any figure that you sketch and even provides a URL for the resulting dancing figure. There are thousands of examples submitted by other users on the site. Go see - you will be entertained.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1164134702525763272006-11-21T18:37:00.000Z2006-11-21T18:45:02.853Z

Just Letters is a Flash based fridge magnet application. Basically all you do is spell words with fridge magnet letters. Sounds boring right? What makes this surprisingly fun is that other players keep stealing your letters and adding letters to change your words. Of course you are doing the same to them. It is also interesting watching how a number of players often seem to gang up one player,

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1162791408936837482006-11-06T05:32:00.000Z2006-11-06T05:36:48.936Z

Play to improve the Internet. Google Image Labeller randomly pairs you with a partner and over a 90-second period, you and your partner are shown the same set of images and asked to provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see. When your label matches your partner's label, you earn points and move on to the next image until the time runs out. After time expires, you can

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1162255464860417792006-10-31T00:40:00.000Z2006-11-07T03:02:38.126Z

Excellent news - Chihuahua, perhaps the best multiplayer on-line word game, is back after a brief absence. If you haven't played it before I strongly recommend it.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1161726319895873802006-10-24T21:41:00.000Z2006-10-24T21:45:19.926Z

Grand Strategy is an Ajax driven version of the board game Risk. In this multiplayer game of strategy the object is to eliminate your opponents and achieve global domination. Games are divided into rounds. Most game rounds last twenty-four hours or until all players have taken their turn. Alternately, the game can be played at a fast pace and resolved in a matter of minutes. The key to finishing

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1160330535108622522006-10-08T17:58:00.000Z2006-10-08T18:02:15.120Z

Geosense is a geography guessing game. You are given a location and you have to guess where it is on a large map. You are scored by how close your guess is. There is a choice of a a map of Europ, a map of the US or a map of the world. You can play on your own or against an opponent. Geosense is a suprisingly addictive game.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1159386328167447722006-09-27T19:38:00.000Z2006-09-27T19:45:28.176Z

Sudoko Slam is the ultimate sudoko site. It has four levels of difficulty, the abilty to undo moves automatically back to your first mistake and smart hints that don't necessarily give you numbers but tell you which numbers to eliminate from a square.What I really like about the site is that each square contains the numbers possible in that square. You can also highlight all the possible squares

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1159194511518049872006-09-25T14:25:00.000Z2006-09-25T14:28:31.553Z

Alexadex has a new rival in the form of Alexadex. The game is currently in Beta but everything seems to be working.Like Alexadex Alexa Street is a multiplayer trading game based on Alexa.com rankings. Websites you buy and sell are worth more or less depending on the rank. You start off with $10,000 (play money) and you buy shares low and sell high in order to become the best broker!

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1159126886727823862006-09-24T19:34:00.000Z2006-09-24T19:41:26.736Z

CDX is a point and click / escape the room game from the BBC History Team, but not like any you have played before. The game play involves real video footage and atmospheric sound and visual effects.In the game you play Adam Foster who works for the props department of the BBC. Unfortunately someone has knocked you off your motorbike and you are suffering from amnesia. It soon becomes apparent

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1158843952603809462006-09-21T12:40:00.000Z2006-09-21T13:05:52.616Z

Flickr has probably the most popularly used API in Web 2.0 games. Here is my selection of top games expoliting the Flickr API. The games are in no particular order, although I have a personally prejudice for Flictionary and Photomunchrs, both from imagine-it.org, as both make use of intelligent gameplay. Both games save every correct guess during gameplay to ensure that the images used have an

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1158793592648057192006-09-20T22:59:00.000Z2006-09-21T00:00:38.146Z

Flillustrator and Flictionary are two more Flickr based applications from the author of the excellent PhotoMunchrs. In Flillustrator you get to write your own story and let Fillustrator illustrate it with images from Flickr. It couldn't be simpler to use, just write your story in the text box provided and the application illustrates each word with an image with a corresponding tag.Flictionary is

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1158678936020485052006-09-19T15:09:00.000Z2006-09-19T15:21:10.926Z

PhotoMunchrs is a fun tag guesssing game that makes great use of the Flickr API. You are presented with 20 photos in a grid and you have to guess the 7 that match the given tag. To make things even trickier you have to avoid the Traggle which will try and eat you if it can as you move around the board. This is a fun game and includes a high score table to add to the challenge. What's more by

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1157670816898245992006-09-07T23:05:00.000Z2006-09-19T15:06:52.656Z

I'v always had a soft spot for minesweeper and now Morfik have developed an AJAX driven version of the game. The game is a good rendition of the classic minesweeper game, including a timer and different levels of difficulty (size of game board). The game doesn't feature any social networking features. For example high score tables for the different levels might be one way forward.The same team

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1156916839133854312006-08-30T05:10:00.000Z2006-08-30T05:47:19.146Z

1. ChihuahuaA Boggle type game in which the player has to make as many words as possible out of the given letters. Each game is open for 24 hours. Most activity is seen around midnight (GMT) when new games begin and players frantically try to get to the top of the leaderboard. 2. WeBoggleWeBoggle is Boggle as you online. The fun is enhanced by seeing how high you can make it on the leaderboard.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1153525249817517762006-07-21T23:31:00.000Z2006-09-07T23:05:34.586Z

This game is a pretty perfect version of the card game solitaire. You might ask why you need an online version of the game when you already have a version of the game preinstalled on your computer. Well this AJAX driven online version allows users to rate each game. So if you are a dedicated player of solitaire then you will be able to pick a game based on its difficulty level, as judged by other

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1150656281377744242006-06-18T18:40:00.000Z2006-06-18T18:44:41.386Z

Similar in concept to Alexadex this is a trading game in which players bet on the popularity of politicians, sporting teams or events, ideas, stars, natural catastrophies, etc. However whereas Alexadex is based on Alexa rankings Trendio rates words according to the number of times they appear in 3000 anglophone media web sites from around the world. The game is free to play and on registering you

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1148933246449398752006-05-29T19:58:00.000Z2006-05-29T20:18:30.096Z

MorfikChess is another AJAX chess application. The game features single-player and multi-player options, with a chat utility so that you can attempt to psyche out/distract your opponent. The single-player option has four levels of difficulty and at the top level searches a minimum of 5-ply ahead and continues indefinitely for particularly critical (non-quiescent) configurations. The game also

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1148581713646589662006-05-25T18:15:00.000Z2006-05-25T18:28:33.706Z

SinkMyShip is an AJAX driven battleship game from the same team that created Soduko Solver. No registration is required, just enter your username and find an opponent in the game lobby. The game also sports a chat room so you can communicate with fellow players.The game itself is a faithful rendition of the pen and paper game Battleships. There are a number of online versions of this game where

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1148243605369576282006-05-21T20:07:00.000Z2006-05-21T20:34:50.363Z

games4work is another social games site like ArcaPlay. The site works similar to Google Video and YouTube only with games instead of videos. Users can embed any of the games in their own web sites just by copying and pasting a line of code (see example below).The site currently features 2500 games so you should find all your favourites.10 New Flash Games Every Weekday at Games4Work.com

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1147646745592134052006-05-14T22:34:00.000Z2006-05-20T23:31:59.046Z

TheBroth is a multiplayer tile drawing game. Well, not a game as such, as the object is to design patterns using multi-coloured tiles. The problem, and the fun, lies in the fact that there are other players trying to create designs of their own, at the same time and with the same tiles. There are 1,000 different coloured tiles to play with, which you would think would keep everyone happy. However

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1146778920037167452006-05-04T21:35:00.000Z2006-05-04T21:47:44.736Z

From Bytecode comes a nice Sudoku game solver. If you are stuck with a particularly challenging puzzle you can enter the numbers into a blank grid and let the computer do all the hard work for you. You can double click on individual cells to solve just that square, or use the “Solve” button to solve the whole puzzle. Alternatively the solver can generate a new Sudoku puzzle for you. A great site

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1145746167171023932006-04-22T22:39:00.000Z2006-04-22T23:02:08.133Z

Sudoku Craving offers a different Sudoku challenge every day. You can play the new game each day or play games from previous days.Your attempts and your solving times are automatically recorded and this information is used to rank your progress and skill on each of the challenges. A really good feature of this game is that the difficulty of the game is the average rating given to the game by the

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1145722354630723342006-04-22T16:08:00.000Z2006-04-22T16:18:58.716Z

Babble is another Boggle type word game, very similar to WeBoggle. The differences between this game and WeBoggle is that you only get one game a day, as opposed to WeBoggle's continual game-play and to view your place in the rankings you have to buy membership.So if you like word games and want to pay for what you get for free at WeBoggle this site is for you.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1145194669149366412006-04-16T13:31:00.000Z2006-04-16T13:45:23.496Z

This Google Maps game by Heineken involves the player trying to find a radio station on a Google Map. As you get nearer the location the radio reception gets better. This is a Flash game and has a very good visual design. This is about the only good Google Map game I have seen. Because it is made by Heineken it is of course full of references to the beer. The beginning of the game is in Dutch

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144962917528712562006-04-13T21:09:00.000Z2006-04-13T21:21:39.066Z

Heores of Might and Magic (mini game) is a turn based Dungeons and Dragon type game. The game is written in PHP, scriptaculous is used for the drag and drop interface and Ajax is used to update the game status. The look of the game is very good. I'm not a fan of these types of games myself but if this is your thing I'm sure you'll like it.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144791615462797062006-04-11T21:31:00.000Z2006-04-11T21:40:15.903Z

pitStreet is an Italian games site that has a lot of Javascript games. What helps this site stand apart from many other games sites is its use of Ajax to power its high-score charts, enable multiplayer games and chat. The multi-player games available are reversi (Othello), chess and Connect4. It also has many more arcade and card games, all of which have their own Ajax high-score charts so you

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144682924253410072006-04-10T15:27:00.001Z2006-04-11T21:42:45.393Z

This week's game from Arca is Reversi. Just click on 'play' to start.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144612304712772562006-04-09T19:46:00.000Z2006-04-09T19:51:44.713Z

Newmedialiteracy.org are holding a competition for the best Web 2.0 game. The challenge is to "design a game that uses RSS feeds, tags, or other Web 2.0 services to give players a new and constructive way to encounter information on the Web." There will be an international panel of judges — luminaries in the fields of casual games, educational technology, programming and design — who will view

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144611918465705292006-04-09T19:39:00.000Z2006-04-09T19:45:18.486Z

The Daily Headhunt from newmedialiteracy.org is a Flash wordhunt game that requires the player to decipher headlines from real-time news feeds. The game is quite hard to complete but the gameplay will be familiar to anyone who has ever tried a wordsearch. In the tradition of Web 2 newmedialiteracy.org are also distributing the source code of The Daily Headhunt freely under a GPL license in an

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144589308082701992006-04-09T13:18:00.000Z2006-04-09T13:28:28.123Z

This isn't strictly a Web 2 game, in fact it is a Flash game. However it has many of the features that you would expect from a Web 2 game, it is multiplayer, has in game chat and player high scores. Furthermore it has been my favourite game for the last three months. The game itself is Texas Hold 'Em, played against other on-line players. The interface is very well done, each player has their own

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144440682788661712006-04-07T20:01:00.000Z2006-04-08T23:30:42.816Z

Bunny Hunt IV is a shoot the bunny game that looks incredibly like a Flash game, but isn't. The game itself is not wonderfully entertaining but is a very good example of what can be achieved with a little AJAX knowhow. Worth a look just for the impressive aesthetic of the game and the technical achievement, but not a game you will return to again and again.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144256669731364972006-04-05T16:52:00.000Z2006-04-05T17:04:29.770Z

Hive 7 is a Ajax-based virtual chat world which has rooms where users can meet, chat, exchange resources and items. This is more than just a chat room though, as users are able to create their own rooms, add friends, and there are Flickr and YouTube items to collect (and items are taggable). You can even right-click an item to edit its script, customise your avatar by uploading your own design,

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144202187105982052006-04-05T01:48:00.000Z2006-04-05T01:56:27.116Z

The name gives it away, this is Othello powered by Ruby on Rails. A pretty decent conversion of the old board game, although the AI could be improved as I managed to win convincingly every game. XHTMLhttprequest is used to track the last fifty games, with a nice feature allowing you to replay any of those games. Let's hope the AI is improved to provide a more challenging game.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1144073640415363232006-04-03T14:06:00.000Z2006-04-03T14:14:51.916Z

This was the first game I ever saw using XmlHTTPRequest and I'm not quite sure why I've only just got round to reviewing it. The game's creator uses it as a warning of Ajax technology, seeing some inherent dangers in the fact that your moves are saved on his server. Must say it doesn't bother me if he wants to check out how bad I am at his game. The game itself is an old text adventure within the

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1143982153511631132006-04-02T12:35:00.000Z2006-04-05T14:35:34.206Z

Chihuahua is similar to WEBoggle in as far as you have to make words from the letters you are given. However Chihuahua has just two games a day, rather than WEBboggle's continual play. This has the advantage that you aren't limited to two and a half minutes and can take your time to think.However Chihuahua has one of the ugliest interfaces I've ever seen and in both Explorer and Firefox I

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1143978513521757242006-04-02T11:44:00.000Z2006-04-02T11:51:12.780Z

Tradeover is another Ajax multi-user trading simulation. In this online stock game you can buy stocks in major corporations, invest in world indexes, commodities, currencies and bonds in order to become a virtual billionaire. XMLHttpRequest is used to speed up navigation, and there’s the obligatory high score chart, updated every fifteen seconds.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1143902929329468262006-04-01T14:46:00.000Z2006-04-02T11:52:13.493Z

Game site Arca Play, following the lead of video sharing sites like Google Video and YouTube, have a new feature allowing registered users to embed games in their own sites. See the game below,

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1143743265528268062006-03-30T18:22:00.000Z2006-04-05T14:37:13.016Z

Another 'not really a game' site. With the Flower Maker you can create flowers, save them and view flowers designed by others. The real beauty in this site however comes with the Garden Maker. Here you can creat a vine or tree garden with your own flowers and those of others. The creations are really attractive. Well worth a visit, it'll entertain you for half and hour but probably won't have you

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1143650932949688922006-03-29T16:35:00.000Z2006-03-29T16:48:52.973Z

Not a game as such but a great chat whilst you browse tool. It takes one second to get going, just type your chat name and you're away. You are given a cute litte icon, which you can drag around the screen and give various actions like, sleep, eat etc. Your avatar can also interact with the other avatars in a number of ways, e.g. kiss, follow etc. The real fun however comes in the ability to surf

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1142511278819789092006-03-16T12:11:00.000Z2006-03-16T12:14:38.826Z

Similar to Alexadex but for the latest technologies. The Tech Buzz Game is a fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends. Predict the technologies people will be searching the web for in the future. Buy stock in the technologies you believe will be popular and sell stock in the technologies you think will flop. Scoring is based on rankings according to the Yahoo Buzz

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1142108684269202482006-03-11T20:14:00.000Z2006-03-11T20:24:44.283Z

This game is easy to pick up but is nicely challenging. Arrange a line of five squares of the same colour to clear them from the board. Like Weboggle this game features an excellent permanently displayed high score board which updates as you play. I like this game a lot.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1141492689587023632006-03-04T17:14:00.000Z2006-03-04T17:19:07.663Z

An excellent job has been done on this ajax based chess game. The game features built-in chat, drag and drop of pieces and animation of pieces as they move. In the past to play chess live on-line you would have had to have loaded software onto your system. Now you don't!

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1140917064643798892006-02-26T01:20:00.000Z2006-04-09T19:29:07.520Z

This game demonstrates an interesting use of the Yahoo! image search. Just enter a search term in the input box, press "Go!" and the application will search for images and present them as a simple memory game. You know the game, turn over two cards at a time and try and match two identical images. As with many of the emerging Web 2 games you may find the concept more interesting than the game

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1140848091412042332006-02-25T06:12:00.000Z2006-02-25T06:15:05.403Z

TagMan is a game that combines the classic hangman game with web 2.0 tags. A clever concept. The amount of enjoyment you get out of it though depends on how much enjoy playing hangman.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1138490824007995872006-01-28T23:22:00.000Z2006-01-28T23:27:04.016Z

I'm trying to restrict this site to games that are multiplayer, however I love the use of Google Maps in this single-player game. The basic game concept is a treasure hunt. The object of the game is to follow a number of clues tagged onto Google Maps to find the next location. There are a number of scenarios and even the option to create your own scenarios.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1138487960870743942006-01-28T22:31:00.000Z2006-01-28T22:39:20.880Z

The object of this game is to guess the tag of a series of photos from flickr. Your score is based on how quickly you guess correctly and the scores of those on-line is constantly updated on screen.Quite boring really. A major bug is that you have to constantly delete your previous guess. For me this resulted in my browser continually navigating back to previous sites as I over eagerly pressed

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1138456043222960052006-01-28T13:42:00.000Z2006-01-28T13:47:23.593Z

A bit like Monopoly. Roll the dice, build hotels, pay and receive rent. This can be a bit hard at first as the property always seems to have been bought by someone else and you spend a lot of time just paying rent to others. However patience is rewarded and once you get a few hotels you start receiving rent yourself.The game itself is a little boring but is a good exemple of the possibilties of

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1138452758828795312006-01-28T12:49:00.000Z2006-01-28T12:52:38.830Z

My favourite Ajax game. This is Boggle but with the added fun of playing with hundreds of others at the same time thanks to the miracle of Ajax.Enter a username and play. Simplicity itself.

Keir Clarkenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540510.post-1138452332726637882006-01-28T12:41:00.000Z2006-01-28T22:48:17.113Z

A nice and simple to use trading game based on the Alexa rankings of websites. Gamers buy and sell shares in websites and see their stock rise or fall based on the Alexa rankings of the websites.To play just enter a username and password and you are away.

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