Gaming for everyone
Free online games have been around for a number of years now. In fact,
ever since the internet first opened its vast gates, programmers and consumers
both have been clamouring for great translations of gaming experience into the
online world. The attractions are obvious – the main one being the potential
for playing with, or against other people. People you’ve never even met. The
thrill of besting the computer can run pretty thin after a while, as does that
of besting your brother. Thrashing the score of a fellow gamer who is playing
in deepest Ecuador is surely a better scale of achievement.
Not only this, but online gaming also offers the possible removal
altogether of the game as object. No more would we have to baffle at the
absurdity of buying a hulking box, downloading games, or – better still –
playing games that stream, is surely the nirvana of gaming commodity.
Playsega.co.uk is a step in the right direction. Run by those forgotten behemoths
of video gaming Sega, Playsega is basically a virtual arcade of games that
anyone can play. There is a community, and you can customise an avatar who
stands in your stead within the playsega world. What is vital however, to the
site is accessibility. This site does not demand a subscription fee (although a
VIP service is available), nor does it require you to sacrifice vast chunks of
your waking life (although that is certainly still an option).
Playsega.co.uk, along with several other equivalent sites, offers
something determinedly casual. Hardcore gamers will invariably snort at the
ease with which a prospective player might get stuck in to some puzzle games;
jeer at the simple nature of the gameplay and graphics. This isn’t for them.
This is a place for usually non-games players – those people who fondly
remember pong, or occasionally play snake on their mobile phones. This is
gaming as a distraction for anyone who might usually do the crossword on their
lunchbreak. And better still, it’s all free – meaning that there really is
nothing to lose. Except perhaps a little more time than your lunchbreak allows…
To explore the world of free online gaming check out Playsega for:
Arcade games
Sports games
Card games
