Awesome Flash

Fast and furious, Ether War is an amped-up Asteroids with enemies and allies. It’s relatively short but anytime your trigger finger starts aching you know it’s a good game.

Endless Zombie Rampage is a free flash game and not very complex, but the satisfying crunch of body parts and vast array of weaponry (minigun, anyone?) makes this a great time killer.

This is a free flash port of Lock’s Quest; defend your base against increasingly difficult waves of Clockwork baddies, all the while upgrading and repairing to stay alive. Thanks, Blake!

Mallet Mania is a simple golf/putting game which is perhaps why it’s so addictive; sharp graphics reminiscent of Q*Bert and innovative levels make this a great time waster at work.

Warning: you may waste an incessant amount of time on Blast Passage. This Flash freebie remixes Bomberman and Gauntlet; even multiplayer is old school: four players, one keyboard.

By all accounts Armada Tanks isn’t anything special, but we found this simple shoot ’em up surprisingly addictive: drive a tank around, collect upgrades and blow the crap out of enemies.

Sean Cooper’s addictive Boxhead is a free flash game with clean, crisp artwork and waves of zombies; if that wasn’t enough, they also have co-op and death match modes.

Canyon Defense isn’t the only Tower Defense-style game, but it’s quite fun, with good graphics and futuristic weapons. Our only complaint is that it is a bit easy; more levels, por favor.

Sonny is a fun and free Flash-based RPG a-la Final Fantasy; you start off as an amnesiac zombie armed with an iron pipe. The production values are surprisingly high.