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Over the next few weeks, perhaps months, I’m going to review a few games which I’ve been playing recently.
These will be put into two categories; Facebook Games and Other Browser Games.

I’m always in need of a gaming buzz and although I personally find stand alone games such as the Fallout series more satisfying than anything a browser has to offer, I none the less find that playing a game which requires no installation has it’s goodness too.
So far there are 3 main places I look for games; Facebook, Kongregate and Bigpoint, all of which deal with Flash based game engines.

Unique opportunities
All gaming portals will try to offer it’s own uniqueness to entice the gamer to return time and time again and in these instances they are thus:

Facebook
As most of you know Facebook is a social networking site where the users can ‘socially network’ with other users.  Once your details are entered into it’s bulging system you then get let loose on what it has to offer, one of which are games.
The good thing about playing games on Facebook is that, if applied correctly, the games will inherit your user details where required so you don’t have to worry about re-registering to play a game.
This in itself is not unique to Facebook, but is quite unique to the social networking genre in general.

Kongregate
If you develop flash games then you will have heard of this site, without a doubt.  It is a website that offers over 15000 gaming experiences to its users free of charge.
Kongregate’s uniqueness is that, once you have setup an account with them you, the user, gain levels and badges to show your elite gaming skillz.  I am currently at level 8 which is no major feat.  “Why gain levels”, I hear you cry? Well why not!  It shows to other players that you have stayed the course and have given your soul over to Kongregate.
Most, but not all, of the games submitted to this site are by professional game developers who quite possibly hold a main job away from the gaming community but have an inner voice telling them that they must persist in entertaining bods like me to gain a place in game developers heaven.
There is also a feature on Kongregate that allows you to purchase Kreds.  These Kreds are how you thank the developer for the game.  It’s simple; you tip the developer, he/she gets paid REAL money.
All in all it’s a great place for both ends of the gaming process and I highly recommend it.

Bigpoint
Bigpoint aren’t that unique by any means, but the games they have to offer appeal to my particular nature – flashy looking bite sized games for peeps like me.
Although I’m only playing one of their games at the moe, I have dabbled in others by them and I have to say they’re quite diverse.

This concludes the introduction to my next project here on 3nglish.co.uk, be sure to return when I’ll be giving you my personal reflections on my first feature; Dark Orbit.  Until then, happy gaming and may the force be with you.

- Ged

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