Have you heard of Play This Thing!? (Yes, there is a ! in the title) It comes to us courtesy of Greg Costikyan, your friend and mine, who says, “It’ll feature a game a day–free games, interactive fiction, mods, and weird stuff like alternative reality and ‘big urban’ games, as well, of course, as independent games.” Check it out.
As Nicodemus mentioned long ago, you can also find a lot of free flash games at Kongregate. It also has built in badges and things so you can feel like you are leveling and getting pretty shinies as you enjoy timewasters.
: Zubon
One more reason that Metaplace better hope people are willing to pay for their services.
“It also has built in badges and things so you can feel like you are leveling and getting pretty shinies as you enjoy timewasters.”
If that ain’t a good definition of an MMO…
I wish Greg the best of luck marketing indie tabletop RPG about slavery (Steal Away Jordan) to computer gamers. Oh, I so *wish* it would work – there are so many awesome gems being created by that particular subculture – I just have my doubts.
For anyone intrigued by Greg’s entry on Steal Away Jordan, also check out “Dogs in the Vineyard”, “Primetime Adventures” and “Spirit of the Century”. Most of these games are available from http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/ and some even have free versions
http://files.crngames.com/cc/ (Shadow of Yesterday, Donjon, etc)
http://zork.net/~nick/loyhargil/fate3/fate3.html (Spirit of the Century)