Tag: CASUAL

2010 has come to a close, and that means it's time for us to kill what little remains of your final Friday productivity with a look back at some of our best Time Wasters. Grab your mouse and keep your eyes peeled for the boss, it's time to fire up some casual gaming goodness in your Web browser! Each screenshot is linked directly to the game pictured -- so when you see something which catches ...

Who doesn't like folding and chucking paper airplanes? Wouldn't it be cooler if you could collect power-ups for them? It sure would. But since that's not really feasible in real life, head over to Armor Games and play a round of Flight. It's an awesome little Time Waster that's simple to play. Click and hold to pick up your plane, then drag and release to send it skyward. As it cruises along, ...

I don't remember when I last posted a turn-based Time-Waster, but WarLight was so nice, I simply couldn't skip it. It's basically Risk; you get a world map, and you start off with a certain percentage in your color. With every turn, you get a few more "armies" (depending on how much space you've conquered), and you try to take over more of the map by attacking certain territories. Each turn is ...

So, there's a red ball, and there's a blue ball. When they meet, there's a flash of light and you win. That sounds simple, right? Well, Bipole quickly gets complicated. Each level is circular; you use the left and right arrow keys to rotate the level, and the balls slide around, bump against things, and free fall. Pretty soon, "magnets" appear in the game. I'm not sure why they're called magnets, ...

SocialDeck has become the latest addition to Google's Hall of Acquisitions. The creators of the popular iPhone game Shake and Spell have also produced Spark, which allows mobile gamers to challenge or chat with friends, recommend games, save games in the cloud, and more. In their own words, SocialDeck are "super excited to announce that someone found our social games as fun as you have - in ...

Everybody loves a good Time Waster. Everybody loves ninjas. And everyone loves solving mathematical equations, right? Number Ninjas is all this goodness rolled up into one slick little Flash game! You play the number one, armed with a ninja's favorite projectiles: throwing stars. And by "stars" I mean +, -, /, and *. To complete a level, you've got to defeat enemy numerals using the correct ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/pc_games/Five_awesome_Steam_games_that_make_great_gifts'; With Halloween out of the way, it's now officially time to look towards CHRISTMAS! Stop right there! Let me turn those groans of yours -- those Scroogeish grunts of displeasure -- into smiles and laughter! For this year, how about giving the gift of game with Valve's Steam? OK, so they might not be your ...

Good for only a few days, until 2 November 2009, PlayFirst are offering great prices on most of their games. You might not even have heard of PlayFirst, but perhaps you've heard of their world-renowned games? Diner Dash, Wedding Dash, Dream Chronicles or Chocolatier? Either way, if you're looking for some fun, casual games -- usually ones with a great story too! -- either for you, your kids, or ...