Published on Monday, January 21, 2008 .
Indiegames.com, which as you might imagine indeed does focus on independent games, has a “best games of 2007” section, which this year highlighted the best freeware adventure games, the best freeware arcade games, and then another general category for the best freeware games of 2007.
With names like Fractal Fighter, Burn the Trash, Thule Trail, Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy, Death Worm, and Cottage of Doom, these are some lists worth looking through. Each of the lists goes into detail about each game, with screenshots, so you can see what the game is about in detail before downloading it. I’ve played Thule Trail, and it’s a pretty hip remake of a classic game that anybody over 25 or so should remember.
Via the random Gnomes’ random Lair (love that name), who listed the link for the best freeware adventure games of ‘07.
Published on Sunday, January 20, 2008 .
America’s Army, a commercial-quality freeware game released by the U.S. Military in order to boost recruitment, has apparently saved a life!
A 28-year-old Paxton Galvanek played AA and trained as a combat medic. On November 23, 2007, he was cruising on the freeway in North Carolina near Raleigh when he saw, in the opposite lanes, an SUV flip five times. He stopped the vehicle, his wife called 911, and he made his way over to the victims. One of the two victims has lost two fingers, so he assessed the situation and wrapped the victim’s fingers with a towel and elevated the victim’s hand. Paramedics eventually arrived and Galvanek left the scene.
That’s a pretty awesome story. So, the next time someone tells you that a game is just a game…tell him/her that it could mean someone’s LIFE!
Via Slashdot, and the original detailed post.
Published on Thursday, January 17, 2008 .
Wikipedia…just an encyclopedia? No, it’s much more than that. It’s changed the internet and information distribution. But, for a free software enthusiast such as myself, I care more about the freeware. And, though you might not think so, it provides many great resources to get free software.
Since Wikipedia is open source itself, then you might imagine that they’d be pro-open source stuff. And they are! There’s a great list of it right here. Hide the “contents” box and slowly scroll down the page. Most pieces of software even have their own pages and descriptions. Pretty awesome, huh? Other lists include list of formerly proprietary software, and a list of freeware project directories, and a list of free software hosting places on the internet.
There’s also tons of game-specific freeware lists! How about a list of freeware games, an alphabetical list of freeware games, a list of commercial games released as freeware, an alphabetical list of open source games, a list of open source games by genre, and for you who love lots and lots of free gun violence, a list of free first-person shooters. It seems as if there are way too many lists, but I can’t complain much about freeware games.
Another sweet Wikipedia resource is the free software portal. It has different featured articles, free software categories, free software terminology, and topics related to free software. This page changes from time-to-time as Wikipedians update it and add content, so it’s one to keep checking.
Published on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 .
Courtesy of Slashdot (or /. if you prefer), here’s a great list of freeware games from 1up.com. Be sure to remember to eat and go to the bathroom: this is a massive list.
And while you’re at it, 1up.com has the top freeware games from 2007 and 2006. Wow.
