Flash Games: Particles, Rocket Bob, Flash Flash Revolution, Spin Doctor, Hedgehog Catapult, Red Ball, The Road Less Taken, More

What's a Friday without sunshine? Still Friday. What's a Friday without chocolate? Still Friday. What's a Friday without Friday Flash Games? I'm not sure, and I hope we never have to find out.

Every Friday — rain or shine, so long as I have time — I present three or more games for your enjoyment or frustration, all of which are playable in your web browser, all of which rely on the Adobe Flash Player. I play each game on both Mac OS X and Windows XP, though I've never found one yet that didn't work just as well on both. I'll let you know which games include music or sound effect, in case you're playing on the sly.

This week the title may have already been a big clue, but it's a mega-edition of Friday Flash, as I attempt to clear up the queue of games I've enjoyed recently. Some people might say to themselves, hey, I've got enough for four weeks of games right here, so I can write up the articles ahead of time and then coast. Not me, though. I'm giving you a dozen games this week, and I've still got another eighteen or nineteen queued up after that. Honestly, it seems like I'll never run out. It's like Christmas!

Now I've got a lot of games to present, so I'll be moving quickly.

I've featured flash implementations of Warcraft III's "Tower Defense" mini-game twice before, but now here is Desktop Tower Defense, a version which fits in at the office. No need to drift off to a fantasy world and fight orcs and goblins when you can just protect your Sharpie marker!

The idea is the same: set up your defenses by placing however many towers you can afford, upgraded as you can afford it, and then wait until the bad guys march onto the screen and see if you've done enough.

There are sound effects, but also a Mute button in the lower right. If you hit Mute before picking your difficulty level, the game is silent.

Particles has a very simple concept, but it gets tricky quickly. You control a blue ball with your mouse. When you move your mouse, the blue ball moves. There are red balls rolling around, bouncing off each other like billiard balls, and you need to make sure that none of them touch your blue ball. Simple!

Article Author: Phillip Winn

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