As a broke teenager with little to no income and a thrifty paradigm, I find it hard to justify $60+ videogame purchases. So my mainstay is the independantly created freeware games that can be found on this wonderful place we call the Internet.
I usually find them on reveiw sites, and I've yet to have any trouble with viruses and the like. It usually takes a while to find one that I really enjoy, but my tastes in games are rather unique anyway, so I expect that.
I really like to see origional ideas that would never make it to the open market, either because they're too simple or too strange. On the other hand, they tend to be a bit short, (though there are exceptions) and if you're used to playing Halo and Splinter Cell, they might seem a little tame.
I'm curious as to other's oppinions on the topic. Do you have any favorites, or maybe hideously bad examples of gamemanship? If you've never tried playing freeware games, these are some good places to start:
http://gamehippo.com/
http://jayisgames.com/
http://www.abandonia.com/
I usually find them on reveiw sites, and I've yet to have any trouble with viruses and the like. It usually takes a while to find one that I really enjoy, but my tastes in games are rather unique anyway, so I expect that.
I really like to see origional ideas that would never make it to the open market, either because they're too simple or too strange. On the other hand, they tend to be a bit short, (though there are exceptions) and if you're used to playing Halo and Splinter Cell, they might seem a little tame.
I'm curious as to other's oppinions on the topic. Do you have any favorites, or maybe hideously bad examples of gamemanship? If you've never tried playing freeware games, these are some good places to start:
http://gamehippo.com/
http://jayisgames.com/
http://www.abandonia.com/
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