Online Observations

I am big fan of computer games. Ever since the days of the Atari, I have been hooked. At various times I have owned a variety of consoles, and I have always put together gaming PCs for myself. As good as those games are, you need to have some time on your hand to play those games. And these days when I find myself super busy at work, I don’t see too many opportunities where I can start a new game on my XBox 360. It is these times when quick online flash games come to your rescue. And one of the best resources online is called Kongregate.

Kongregate has over 5000 games (and new ones being added frequently) which you can play. Almost anyone can create a game and publish it on their site. Any money Kongregate makes through that game (from advertising) is shared with the game author. And since games which are rated highly by the users are played more, there is a big incentive for developers to put good games out there.

The site keeps things interesting by hosting gaming challenges which ask you to achieve certain levels in certain games. And there is a points systems through which you raise your level and earn badges by playing games (those games which integrate with Kongregate API).

You get points by completing games which have badges associated with them. You also get points for rating games, which is nice and provides a motivator for players to rate the games. Your points add up to increase your levels. At the time of writing this I am on Level 5. Right now, the levels are only used for bragging rights. Even winning the challenges have no particular benefit, but there may be some in the future. They have all types of games: shooters, strategy, RPG, puzzles, sports, and many more.

I have found some of the games to be very interesting on this website and highly recommend it for everyone to check it out. With over 5000 games, I am sure you will find something that you will like.