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For office people to kill time

(Beijing Today)
Updated: 2006-12-26 09:32



With the November 19 launch of Nintendo's Wii remote, a new round of
console wars has sparked off this winter. Unfortunately, office workers
cooped up at their desks all day don't usually have time to enjoy console
games. However, with online flash games, there's hope for entertainment
in the office. Here introduce game websites.


Gaame.cn



Gaame.cn popped up last month to provide a web collection of the latest
flash games. Yang Guang, a graduate student from Chongqing, is one of the
site's webmasters. Before its current incarnation, Gaame.cn was a blog
written by Luo Shuiyin, another person who was in charge in August.
"Before I met Luo Shuiyin, I surfed the Internet regularly searchng for
flash games. They're a great, quick distraction that doesn't require much
brain power to enjoy," Yang says. Yang turned over the website to Luo,
and provided him with a source of flash games. The two bought a new
domain name in November. Today, both are in charge of game updates and
website maintenance.

The RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed of Gaame.cn has had as many as
140 subscribers in the past month. "If our website is updated, readers
subscribing to the RSS feed will know immediately. We're satisfied with
the numbers so far-they're impressive for such a new website," Yang says.
The most popular flash game on Gaame.cn is a game called Scribble that
the website says emulates the play style of the Nintendo Wii. Players
play by using the mouse to draw in new paths to keep their "blots" alive.
The game is available at gaame.cn/06/12/16/scribble.html. ��

"It has changed traditional gameplay concepts. The traditional way we
controlled characters was fairly simplistic, but in this game, players
can control anything they want just by drawing," Ya says.


Even compared with FPS (First Person Shooter) games like Counter-Strike,
flash games are still attractive. "Although the interface isn't as
beautiful as traditional PC games, their amusement value isn't any small.
As long as people are tired and bored at work, flash games will be around
to provide them with a fun distraction," Yang says.

Small Games Club Forum

Wang Xin, an Internet technician, established the Small Games Club forum
in March 2005. "We defined 'small games' as downloadable games designed
for offline play," Wang saLast year, Wang found many people preferred
small games to traditional PC games. He registered space on the Internet
for people to play and share these games. "The players could talk about
what games were good, what games were bad, talk about how to get through
areas where they got stuck and share new games," Wang says.

Wang recommends the game Believe in Santa, a strategy game. It can be
downloaded from 5025488.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=38846

"The interface is bright and colorful. Being able to mke money in the
virtual world is a great way to fulfill dreams of owning your own
business," Wang says."Small games are suitable for office workers," he
says. "Players can easily download the games and pick up to play them.
They have a very easy learning curve, and are a great distraction from
boring, repetitive work." Wang has as many as 50,000 forum members, with
70 percent of registered users being male, according to forum statistics.










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