Online games

Apple Shooter, made by Wolf Games, takes the classic tale of a man shooting an apple from another man’s head and makes it into a simple and fun flash game. You are the bowman and you choose the power and angle at which you would like to shoot the arrow. There is no penalty for missing except for an arrow stuck into the wall, reminding you of your miss.

A level is complete when you shoot the apple. If you hit the guy with the arrow, you lose the game and have to start back from level one. The game lets on the impression that there is an unlimited number of levels. However, level 16 is impossible to complete. Even if you put the angle as close to 45 as possible, which should give you the greatest distance, and put the power on maximum, the arrow will not make it far enough.

The game is both humorous and morbid in the death of the guy. When you shoot the guy with the arrow, there is a graphical display of the guy bleeding. There are over 4 different ways the guy can die, all depending on where the arrow was shot.

Another bug in the game is when you put the mouse behind the bowman. The trajectory will show the arrow going forward but when you let go you in fact see the arrow going in the opposite direction.

I would rate this game a 6/10. The game is addictive and you may just spend an hour shooting the actual guy. Passing the levels is fun and losing is upsetting as you have to start from the beginning. Out of frustration, you may just end up closing the game and opening it back up in a few hours to give it another go. Getting to level 16 takes about 5 minutes of perfect shooting. You get the biggest upset when you realize that level 16 is the last level and there is no real end.

By: Michael Melen

Out of all the ways of making money online, being paid to play computer games is probably the most exciting concept; how can you get paid to do something which is so entertaining and enjoyable?

There are hundreds of online gaming websites that allow you to compete against other online players, with the winner receiving a cash prize. It costs a small amount of money every time you play a game, and usually if you win you will receive the other opponents’ entry money as well as your own as a prize fund. Therefore it pays to be good at playing online games!

The best way to go about making money online playing online games is to find a games site that is free to join, and then try and choose a game that you would like to play. Make sure you are able to play for free in practise mode; otherwise you will just end up throwing your money away. Read the game instructions and rules in case you miss out on any bonuses or secrets available, and then spend a few hours practising this game.

When you feel that you can play the game to a high standard, start to challenge other online opponents. If you can, have a look at their top scores for the game you are about to play – just to see how your score compares against theirs. Usually it will cost around 35pence to play a game, with the winner receiving around 65pence (as the online game site will have to take their own cut of the money). If you are doing well and winning lots, try and go up a prize level; some games might cost pound1.50 to enter but will have a prize of pound3 or so. There are some great tournaments on the website too, with entry for pound1 and a prize fund of pound70. If you aren’t managing to beat any opponents then I suggest you stop playing for cash, and go back to practise mode.

So far from reading this article on making money online playing computer games you might feel a little short-changed. Obviously anyone can make money online if they are talented enough – they could make thousands of pounds from online betting sites if they are able to successfully predict sporting events, or they could easily make a living playing online poker if they are good enough. This is the same with online gaming; however there is another factor to take in to consideration when deciding whether this is a viable way to make money online: the use of cashback websites.

Cashback websites pay you to make an online transaction directly from their website. A cashback website will consist of thousands of website links, and they are able to track any purchases that you make at any of these websites, and will give you a percentage of cash back as an incentive for you to use their shopping links. You don’t only get cash back on shopping made online though. You can earn cashback every time you join an online bookmaker, online poker site or significantly, even an online gaming website. No longer are you making any kind of gamble by playing online games from your own cash; the cashback website will guarantee you around pound10 for joining an online games site.

Now you can join an online gaming site using a cashback website, make a cash deposit at the game site and then play pound10 worth of online games, safe in the knowledge that you will not have lost a penny thanks to the cashback website tracking your activities. You could play pound10 worth of online games and lose every single one, but you will still have made pound10 at the cashback website.

So if you are able to practise for free at the online games site until you can play to a reasonable standard, not only will you not make a loss by joining from a cashback website, but you will hopefully start to win other people’s money on the gaming website. This is how you can start to make money online and get paid to play online computer games, using cashback websites.

By: Matthew Tutt

I’ve never been a really skilled player at solitaire. The thought of competing in an online solitaire tournament seemed impossible to me. I have played my share of it on the computer during times I probably should have been doing something different with my time. I do not consider myself particularly technically savvy.

An internet game must be extremely easy to understand for me to enjoy it. I don’t have the attention span to get in to some involved download or a game that has a thousand rules. I lose interest and get that glazed look in my eyes when it gives me the slightest hint of complication.

When I first checked out tournament games, I was thrilled with the simplicity of it all. I was literally playing solitaire two minutes after choosing to download the game console. Their solitaire version was so easy to get started, and it is based on skill so the possibility of competing in an online solitaire tournament becomes closer with each hand I play.

The cursor acts as a little guide, letting me know I have a card picked up and ready to move by turning green. There’s also a little guide to let me know that exactly where I am putting my card, this was extremely helpful to me since I have been know to get a little crazy with the mouse and I end up putting my card on the wrong stack.

After playing a few hands I almost felt like a card shark. The full screen effect with the graphics just really added so my sense of being in the game. I almost felt ready to join an online solitaire tournament. The bottom left of the screen kept a running total of how many cards I had left and how many moves I had made. I could certainly see why the website had been around so long. They made games that I could jump right into without going thru some long drawn out tutorial that I would have lost interest in two seconds from the start.

It gave me a sense of building up my skill, in the back of my mind I kept thinking I might just get good enough at this to join in an online solitaire tournament. With cash prizes to be won, I am more than willing to keep returning to tournament games to build my skill, and by the looks of the how many other players are online, I am certainly in good company.

By: Anthony Cusimano

Of all the video games a person can play either on their PC, Games Console or TV today Mario is one of the most easily recognized of all the games available. Although initially he first appeared in a Nintendo console game called Donkey Kong because of its popularity Nintendo chose to release a new game where Mario had the starring role. However today no longer are you restricted to playing these games on your games consoles but today you can now play Mario online games as well.

Certainly when you carrying out a search on the internet for Mario games you will be amazed at just how many you can not only play online but also which you are able to download and then play. Some of these games you may have to purchase in order to play them but there are others which you can get completely for free, but be wary just in case your find yourself downloading spyware and adware at the same time.

However with the invention of the new games console from Nintendo called the Wii online gaming has been brought to a whole new level. In the very near future a new Mario game will become available called Mario Kart which will not only allow you to play the game online but will also allow you to play against 16 other players at the same time.

But if you have not as yet been able to get a Nintendo Wii then playing online on your computer is just as good. In fact many people who already play Mario games online have found that not only are the games brilliant to play but the graphics are quite superb as well. The reason why these games are so good to play on your computer today is quite simple the improvements that have been made to the graphics cards including within PC’s and laptops. These graphics cards now allow even the minutest of details within the game to be more visible and so make playing games such as those in the Mario group much easier to play.

When it comes to actually finding Mario online games a quick search of some of the major search engines such as Google or Yahoo will provide you with a wealth of results. So actually finding a Mario game you would like to play online today is very simple to achieve and will certainly for those of us who remember when Mario first hit the gaming scene back in the 1980’s will bring back a wealth of child hood memories for us. So why delay and start playing Mario games online today.

By: Paul Abbey

If you are reading this article, you are quite likely on an article site. Over the past few years, I have developed a strong sense of satisfaction with posting articles online. Getting tens of thousands of people to read my writing is highly satisfying.

But what is the relevance of all this talk of article sites with the topic of the article that has to do with online games? Good question. There is actually a link. There are some article sites that will accept any article that you submit to them. There are others that will cast at least a glance at your articles. And then there are some others that actually read your articles and are very liberal in rejecting them.

There are many reasons that articles get rejected. One of them is that the writer’s language is very advertising like. And that the writer is clearly trying to promote a sale rather than write an article. When I last wrote an article about how much I loved free online game sites, one of the lesser-known article sites rejected the article with the “pretext” that the article was too much of an advertisement!

And I was like, “What?” I am probably being very adulatory, but also think about what it is that I am saying I love so much. I am saying that I love playing games online. So what is the specific sale that I am trying to make here: Playing? Gaming? Being online? Ridiculous!

All the same, here I am at it again. Once again ready to inform all my readers that there are few joys as accessible and satisfying as playing games online. And the fact that these are typically available free of charge makes the price right too.

First of all, I love the fact that the free online gaming sites have really taken on creativity into their hands and explored each game genre in great depth. Be it arcade, adventure, action, role play, strategy, shoot-em, racing or any of the other genres, I think that gaming sites have really done a good job at coming up with hot new ideas.

Then there is the amazingly addictive resource of playing against and comparing your scores against others from all over the world. This creates a great ecosystem for anyone interested in competitive game playing.

Over and above that, when I take a random walk down the path of most game playing sites, I find that the overall layout and navigation is highly appealing. Despite the fact that these sites are clearly keeping all those games free simply by using advertising and affiliate revenue, I find that the top game sites keep the sites free of obtrusive advertising.

So when you find some free time, you can reach a great recreational destination simply with the click of a mouse. Now before I am accused once again of heavily promoting online gaming sites, let me sign off with the recommendation that if you have not already explored online gaming sites, you do not know what you are missing.

Get to these sites today.

By: Ajeet Khurana