With spring upon us, children are rushing outside to enjoy the
sunshine and fresh air. For this week's article, I thought it would be
fun to see what kind of game sites we could find--sites that would
bring back the old fashioned fun of "Kick the Can" or "Blindman's
Bluff." Or, games we could play over the Internet.
One of my favorite sites for games is Games Kids Play. Think back to
when you were a kid. It's 8:00 on a summer night, and all of the
neighborhood kids are gathered for a game of Kick of Can. You rush off
to hide behind the woodpile (by yourself), where you can get a bird's
eye view of the can in case "who's it" spots you. At the Games Kids
Play site, you'll be propelled back into time to those carefree days
of youth where the only thing you had to worry about was whether you
could toss the ball over your house to Johnny on the other side. The
site offers rules on how to play over 250 games!
http://www.corpcomm.net/~gnieboer/gamehome.htm
Do you remember tiddlywinks? At The Scottish Tiddlywinks Association,
you'll learn the history of the game, the rules, how to play singles,
and more.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk./~ben/tiddlywinks/
Of course, we can't leave out online games, so let's head on over to
Yahoo! Games, where we can play checkers, bridge, poker, and more. You
play against other Internet users from around the world, and it's
*free*.
http://play.yahoo.com/games/index.html
Another excellent online gaming site is The Geckoplex, where you can
play word games, logic puzzles, and trivia games against other Net
users. It's free!
http://www.geckoplex.com/teaser.html
How about a game that's a cross between a scavenger hunt, an intuitive
puzzle, and a memory game? Try the Retail Alphabet Game, an online
game that shows you 26 images, each representing a letter of the
alphabet. The letters are excerpted from retail logos that are common
in the U.S. Your job, if you're brave enough to tackle it, is to name
the company or product behind each letter.
http://www.isy.vcu.edu/~jkatzen/consumer/alpha/
Gameshows.com features three exciting online games: Out of Order, Take
5, or Strike a Match. Unscramble words with Out of Order. Pick five
words to make a sentence with Take 5. With Strike a Match, you match
words by figuring out what they have in common.
http://www.gameshows.com/
Now here's a fun online game: Guess the Evil Dictator/Sit-Com
Character. You simply pretend to be your favorite evil dictator or sit-
com character, and the sites tries to guess who you are. It's fun!
http://www.smalltime.com/nowhere/dictator/
