Games

We love video games. They're fun to play, they don't involve any physical exertion (unless you've been lucky enough to get one of those Wii thingies) and they keep the children quiet (at least temporarily).

Our pet web developer keeps muttering about writing games for us, but then he realises he can't draw and doesn't know how animation works.

So until he gets around to learning, here are some that we found on 2d Play. These are all Flash games; if you don't have Macromedia Flash Player, you'll need to download it to play (a link will open when you click on the game picture). All games will open in a new window.

Squirrel Harvest
Help the squirrel collect the nuts using his patented nut-grabber - avoid the skydiving caterpillars(!).

Puppy Fetch
Fetch the stick for the squirrel as quickly as you can. Why does the squirrel want the stick? We have no idea, but it's fun anyway.

Crazy Pool 2
Just like Crazy Pool, only different. More obstacles and features, more craziness and just as much fun as ever.

Crazy Chess
A slightly cerebral game; zoom around the board as a chess knight, taking the pawns before they attack your castle. Can you make it to Grandmaster?

Hyper Sphere
Your space station has been taken over by a walrus...oh, no,sorry a virus. You have to stop it by moving around collecting things within a set time limit.

Angel Bothorius
Apparently this Angel fell out of heaven (through a cloud...yes, really) and now you have to help him get his wings back.

World cup headers
Work your way through the knockout stages and all the way to the finals. Sort of a cross between football and volleyball - odd, but fun.

Run, Ronaldo, Run!
Help Ronaldo avoid the burgers and milkshakes and get to the ball before his arch rival, Crespo.

Arcade Lines Online
Make lines of 5 blobs of the same colour by moving other blobs around. Sounds dull, but we promise it's not - in fact, it's infuriatingly addictive!

Blob Farm
Save the blobs! Move the cute blobs around to prevent them being squashed, blown up or destroyed by the evil slime.

Crazy Keep ups
How long can you keep the ball up for? Grab power-ups to improve your score. Think you're a bit of a Rooney with the mouse? Now's your chance to prove it!

Crazy Pool
Nothing to do with swimming - hit coloured balls with other coloured balls to make them vanish.

Rainbow web online
Line up coloured balls in a spider's web to make a word and get to the next level. Why? We haven't got a clue, but it's great fun.

Freaky Fun
Help the squirrel avoid the freaks, collect stars and coins and get to the exit on each level. Anyone else rememember the advert back in the 80's?