Games

Definition

I would say that all good art contains all the arts.
with videogames this can literally be so.
one should embrace this.
games as performance
hide-n-seek
games as systems
i would never say games should have rules but sometimes a system is useful
if software, games are alive - if physical games require participation
feel free to contradict this.

my all-time top 10

ico
silent hill 2
black & white
ceremony of innocence
tomb raider 1
animal crossing
kessen 2
project zero 2: crimson butterfly
shadow of memories/destiny
myst

Text based

http://lazarus.skotos.net - free for now, give it a try.

NetHack LambdaMOO

Game companies composed of one or two or 3 people

Bit Blot - http://www.bit-blot.com/
ABA Games - http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index_e.html
Llamasoft - http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/
Rinku's Radical Poesis - http://studioeres.com/games/

InteractiveFiction

http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/games/lovecraft/

abandonware games

http://the-underdogs.info/
http://mac.the-underdogs.info/

Cheats etc.

Tingles Rosy Rupeeland
http://www.importgamers.com/tingle/ (bartering guide)
[::HotelDusk] (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64737)
cheats http://www.mycheats.com/view/section/6153/6242/hotel_dusk_215/nintendo_ds
Phoenix Wright Ace Attourney,
walkthrough: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/734/734985p1.html
Guild Wars
- wiki: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Main_Page
- guide: http://guides.gamepressure.com/guildwars

Little online games

Stars http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2007/09/2.html
very pretty black and white flash mini games
World Of Sand http://fallingsandgame.com/viewtopic.php?t=1875
- everything is made up of pixel-particles
- wall doesn’t react with anything, but can be worn away by fire
- water dissolves salt to create salt water, and sinks in oil
- salt water sinks in water
- wax slowly burns and drips down when exposed to fire
- oil rapidly combusts when exposed to fire
- plant rapidly spreads through water (not salt water), but is easily burned by fire
- spout generates water, but is dissolved by sand
- sand sinks in water
- there are 4 optional streams emanating from the top of the screen: water, sand, salt, and oil
- the liquid elements (water, salt water, sand, molten wax, oil, and salt) are affected by gravity
Grow Cube