Introduction

Almost regardless of all the "Basics" info we imparted in part one of this article, the first step of any budget gaming experience is to investigate the free gaming market. It has expanded greatly over recent years with the inclusion of in-game advertising, as well as advances in browser gaming with again, advertising money fuelling developers to push the boundaries of what browser based games can do.

NB. All games showcased in this section we have personal experience with. There are no doubt tonnes of other games out there, but these are the one's we've enjoyed.

Browser Games

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So where to look, well a simple Google search of "flash games" will turn up hundreds of websites all with multitudes of flash games ranging from basic 5 minute excursions, to epic RPGs that can take hours to complete. One problem we have though, is that regardless of how many good flash games there are out there, there are far many more poor ones. They can often be mixed in with flash movies as well, which are great unto themselves, but we're talking about gaming here. Below you'll find XSR's top list of Flash Games websites which are clean, concise and feature some top flash games in an easy to navigate manner. If anyone wants to suggest more sites, please contact us by clicking my name at the top of this article.

Flash Games

*Warning*: Some of these sites contain Adult Content.

Newgrounds.com - One of the oldest flash sites around. Features movies as well as games, but is pretty simple to navigate. Stick to the collections if you want to bypass some of the poor quality games.

Armorgames - Far younger than Newgrounds but almost rivalling it in popularity, ArmorGames is one of the web's top flash games sites featuring some truly amazing games considering what flash was initially designed to do.

XGenstudios - Creators of some very original flash based titles, they also showcase some top games from other artists. Very clean site design with good game instruction.

NinjaKiwi - Original hosted content for some of the more popular browser based games online at the moment including Bloons, and it's derivative; Bloons Tower Defence.

Crazy Monkey Games - Again, create some of their own top games while showing off some great ones from other authors.

BattleOn/Artix Entertainment - This company produces indepth flash based RPGs and have recently released a flash based MMO. They have a variety of turn based titles that can occupy serious amounts of time if you let them.

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