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QWOP mated with Robot Unicorn Attack

Pacman, with Portals

Just what is says, as if the ghosts didn't have a hard enough time.

Infinite Mario - This is not a flash game, and it won't work in older browsers. More games are going to be written in HTML5 as browsers become faster and more capable.
Move: Left/Right -- Jump/Enter Level: S -- Fireball/Run: A

Gamification for improving the world

How important is your game?

Super Mario Flash

Super Mario Flash - Some aspects are strange, up to jump means no climbing, space to shoot fireballs. I don't think you can grab the shells.

Still very playable but challenging.

Psychology and Metaphor

"I've talked to psychologists that were obviously really into sociology and as much as I like hearing about how percentages of the population are affected by things I prefer having my problem neatly explained as a Star Wars metaphor." - Link

Leaky World: a playable theory - Molleindustria

Leaky World: a playable theory - "Controls: Arrow keys to move. Space to cut the connections." It's a little weird, but simple once you get used to it. Though I'm also not sure if I won or lost.

This is the first Wikileaks based game I've seen.

Super Mario Bros 3 Level Design Lessons

Super Mario Bros 3 Level Design Lessons @ Significant Bits

"Super Mario Bros. 3 contains many obvious design lessons that are also present in other games, e.g., the gradual layering of complexity that allows players to master a specific mechanic. What surprised me during my playthrough, though, was how some of these lessons were completely optional.

For example, it’s possible to send a turtle shell skittering in the opposite direction of destructible bricks, or to take the cloud-route and skip certain powerups and interactive objects. Of course these same lessons are repeated multiple times, but they’re not always as heavily hinted.

Personally, this hits a sweet spot for me. The game doesn’t have any forced hand-holding, and it isn’t afraid of the player simply exploring it at his own pace (even if it means circumventing chunks of the experience). This approach also serves to encourage multiple replays, and — back during SMB 3′s initial release — it probably sparked many playground discussions."

7 ways games reward the brain

Spikes Tend to Kill You

Spikes Tend to Kill You - This game is evil.

Survivosaur

Survivosaur - Because Godzilla can't fit in the ship from asteroids, this is the next best thing.

Microbe Chain

Microbe Chain - The opposite of sumo.

Starlight

Starlight - Rotate the sky to find pictures. Easy.

Rushback Jack

Rushback Jack - Don't forget to turn around

CubeWars

CubeWars - Adopt the color of adjacent tiles to gain territory and block your opponent.

Treasure Seas Inc.

Treasure Seas Inc. - Low stress upgrade game.

Maus Trap

Maus Trap - A mouse mouse game game.

Tetris'D

Tetris'D - It's like planet of the apes, but in Tetris, with a ninja.

Blitz Ball

Blitz Ball - Your ammo becomes your targets

Canabalt

Canabalt - Running is easy, jumping is hard. Watch out for robots.

Ballies

Ballies - A complex mouse game in which your smiley must avoid other smilies.

Splitter 2

Splitter 2 - Now with more wood

Max Damage

Max Damage - A physics game, shoot various kinds of balls to damage appliances. Your score and advancement is based on the dollar amount of the damage you do.

Multitask

Multitask - AAAaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

This Is The Only Level

This Is The Only Level
Dear Armor Games,
We love you for all the time you spend thinking this stuff up.
Thanks,
Everybody

The Unfair Platformer

The Unfair Platformer - This thing is wrong. I beat level 1, barely, then gave up.

3-D JAsteroids

3-D JAsteroids - a 3-D, online version of the classic arcade video game Asteroids (Java)

Evacuation Game

Evacuation Game - A puzzler in which you must vent giant purple aliens into space while trying not to vent too many of your crewmen.

Pel

Pel - is a sort of a musical multiball pong. it keeps you on your toes.

Miss Bimbo

Miss Bimbo

A fantastic "fashion" based game where you level up by completing tasks such as getting new boyfriends, buying shoes, or getting of plastic surgery.
This game is quite controversial, and has gained many of it's membership from the negative media it's gotten.
Your bimbo doesn't simply leach off her boyfriend, though the best she'll do in her career is making the same as what her boyfriend is giving her. To attain jobs, this career woman must have a minimum IQ. To get the baker job, that IQ is 70, though to get higher jobs she may need *up to* an IQ of 200. There is no limit to how intelligent she may become, IQ is gained by playing games and going to the library.
Probably the most intellectual job a bimbo may have is architect, but in a level or two, she decides that "maths is boring" and she wants to become a supermodel.
Training for jobs can vary, the longest training period in the game being 90 days. In order for a day to count you must log in.
A bimbo can have pets, if she has the bimbo dollars to purchase one. A bimbo and her pet must both be fed and maintain a level of happiness.
If a bimbo gets too hungry she may get sick, and if a bimbo stays sick she may die and go to bimbo heaven.
Bimbo pets do not die, but they can be returned and exchanged.
Miss Bimbo has 35 levels, some take quite some time to complete.

As of now, it's possible to go through the whole thing without paying a penny. There has however been some talk of making a VIP section, which is tragic and sad and unwanted.