Free Alternative Games

Gaming is awesome. Unfortunately most of the time you have to pay to own a copy of the game. However once in a while you will discover free games that are addictive/cool/plain awesome.

So here are three of my favorites.

1) N way of the ninja. http://thewayoftheninja.org

Example of frustratingly addictive. Or that could just be plain frustrating. But this game is actually really quite good, and is a great example of flash games at their best.

You get to play as a gold hungry ninja who inexplicably has only has 90 seconds to live. Reminiscent of the oldschool classic lode runner, the player must avoid homicidal robots. Fun.

2) Toribash http://www.toribash.com

Toribash is turnbased strategic bloodshed and violence in which you manipulate a ragdoll. This is achieved by controlling their joints an muscles. Essentially you can have them perform any martial arts or wrestling move you can come up with. Steep learning curve. Lots of blood. Very alternative. 

3) BZflag http://bzflag.org/

This game is an old time favorite. Basically, you drive round as a tank shooting other tanks. You can play team capture the flag or free for all deathmatches. Powerups like the guided missile and laser come in the form of bonus flags. Slightly cartoonish in appearance, the graphics are not groundbreaking. However, the gameplay is usually fast paced if you join a busy server and did i mention the tanks can jump and even in some cases fly. Highly recommended for everyone.

Happy gaming.