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games.yahoo.com |
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06.05.07 (258 review reads) |
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Advantages: Great free games for all the family.
Disadvantages: Adolescent flirting.
Yahoo games and what it offers.
I have played online games for seemingly ages, and tried Pogo Games, Yahoo and MSN games, but always came back to Yahoo. I'm not sure what it is, but it seems to me that what Yahoo offer the customer is so much choice. Either to feel sociable and can join in with games with others online, or perhaps want to hide behind a quiet game on your own, and Yahoo manage to offer a great selection and one that is tempting enough to keep going back there.
Signing up.
In order to play games on Yahoo you need a yahoo identification, though filling out the form is pretty straightforward and you chose a user name that you can log into at any time you like. It costs nothing and I have found is certainly worthwhile.
Looking through what they have.
Here, there is a wide variety of downloadable games, but I don't want downloads often. What I do want is games to pass time and usually chose Literati, which is a kind of scrabble, though very American in nature, Chess, which is traditional, or Snooker. The snooker is quite a laugh and a bit hit and miss if you will excuse the pun. I usually miss the balls, or hit the white one down the hole, but I am getting better.
Downloadable games.
There is a huge selection here, and you get to see screenshots and a small write up to explain what the game is all about. The downloads are pretty swift, and they offer you a limited playing period where you can try the game out and decide if it's right for you, before spending the money. The prices of games are pretty reasonable and I have bought several, though many have just not been my cup of tea. What's neat about the games is that if you don't like them, you can quickly uninstall them without hassle, since they all include an uninstall.
Top arcade games, staff picks and Video games all give you the option of browsing through what's new, and here I do spend rather a lot of time seeing what is available, and am pleasantly surprised at the low prices.
Choice
Looking around the site comes up with interesting games and it doesn't matter what time of day you log in. There will always be rooms full of people that want a game if you fancy interaction with people from all over the world. Backgammon is great as a two player online game, and most players are pretty serious. Chess players seem to be hyper serious, although there are non competition games where you can go and play. It always amuses me that I appear on the picture of the chess room like a small boy, but I don't have identity problems !
Whatever kind of games you fancy, Yahoo has it. Puzzles, wordgames, video games, multi player games, are all part of the Yahoo experience, and if you fancy a laugh you can get a group of you together and play team games in Literati, which I do frequently.
Overall I would say the site offers more than Pogo games, is always busy, and always has a good changeover of games to suit all the family. I have never had problems downloading games, and have always run a security program after downloads and have found it a very safe place to download games.
On the darker side
If you have children that want to play online games, it's probably best not to encourage them to play the games with strangers, since many can be rude and as there is a chatbox at the bottom of games, children can be approached in an unsavory manner, although the single player games, and downloads get around this very well indeed in offering choice.
As a site, it offers a lot to all age ranges and even has the traditional old games like card games, dominoes and poker. A whole world of games waits out there, and once you get there, you won't want to come out.
See you there.
Summary: A great games site, with loads of variety.
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