PastMaster

Test your historical general knowledge and try to traverse from one side of the board to the other.

I managed to fail twice at level one before making it to level two. Perfect training if you're thinking of being on Eggheads!
 

Backflip

Use the mouse to drag a path through the black and white tiles. Any tiles that your path goes through will be flipped over, changing the colour from black to white or vice versa. The aim is to get all the tiles in each row the same colour, it doesn't matter that the different rows are different colours from each other. You can create your own levels and play levels that other people have made too.
 

Equilibriated Willy

Use the arrow keys to balance the penguin on the bar while snowballs pelt down. Use the mouse to click on the yellow bonuses to gain protection from the snow, or to slow its decent.

This game was chosen specially for Paula because she was complaining there wasn't enough updates. I'm sure she'll love the game's title.

Rubicon

Rubicon is a game where you have to create a machine. The aim of the game is to make your machine move some crates to their corresponding destinations. There are loads of different types of devices you can use, including some with some quite complicated rules attached. Basically the easiest way to see how it works is by playing it.

 

Bosnia Hike 24

For those of you that missed the first, second or third hikes, here's your chance to follow Team Hike 24 as they raise much needed money for a trip to work with kids in Mostar, Bosnia this Summer. They set off on the hike on Thursday the 21st of June at 5am, so keep yourself glued to the site for all the latest thrills and spills.

 

Winterbells

Use the mouse to move the bunny rabbit left and right, and click the button to make it jump. Bounce off the bells to climb higher and higher in the sky, scoring more points for each bell, and doubling your score for bouncing off birds. Eventually you'll fall, but don't worry he always has a soft landing.

 

Acrobots

A weird flash thing with no real point, but lots of fun to play around with. Move or throw the acrobots around and watch them climb on, and stick to each other. Add more with the plus button, turn on the light, change the energeticness of the acrobots, or even more impressively rotate the whole box and watch them tumble over each other. Bizarre, but strangely satisfying.
 

Penguin Pushing Game

Here's a game where you need to position arrows on the ground to get the penguin to his deckchair. Really quite challenging after a while, but makes for some interesting problems.

Oh, did I mention it's all in German? Still, you can probably work out what the gist of it means!
 

SuPuzzle

Connect the three houses to the three utilities without any of the pipes crossing. This is a classic puzzle written in flash, and it is possible. You will probably think that you've tried everything, but there is a fairly elusive solution to find.

 

Boomshine

In this game you have to set off a chain reaction of exploding circles by clicking the mouse. There are twelve levels which get progressively harder, and I didn't manage to complete the last one. However as the levels get higher it also seems to me that whether you succeed or not is more based on luck than skill. Anyone want to prove me wrong?

And I almost forgot to mention - the music to this is great (although a bit repetitive).

Crazy Cube

If I'm honest I was slightly disappointed by the lack of craziness in this game. It did however contain a high cube content rating, so if you're adverse to cubes then turn away now.

Click and drag to connect coloured squares together on the surface of this cube. Once all the paths are connected you can go onto the next level. There are thirty levels in all, some of which are very tough.

Crazy Doors of Rainbow Colours

First of all ask yourself - how could you not play a game with this title? Some crazy doors? Complete with rainbow colours? Sounds like a great place to be.

You have to find objects, throw them against the correct walls to make doors, open the doors, and repeat! You never need to reset (although you might need to if you can't remember things), which makes this a fairly straightfoward game. However it's not an easy game, which makes it fairly satisfying too.

Dwarf Complete

This is a bit of a weird game, by the maker of the Grow and Tontie games. In this game you have to explore around and collect all the weapon/clothes/shoes things which unlock the passages into the next rooms. You also have to get the other objects which allow you to do super-cool things. Yes, super-cool is a real phrase.

I'll put some helpful hints in the comments section (otherwise it's impossible).

Everyone's a winner

A bit of a random game, but can you work out what needs to be done to win? Once you've worked out how to win, can you work out a tactic to win every game?


 

Galves Adventure

Apparently Galves is a baby known by the maker of the Grow series (eg. Grow Cube) and this is a point and click adventure game made about him. It's very similar in style to the creator's earlier games, and equally fun. At times you need timing, and it's possible to get stuck, so use the reset button frequently.

Warning: There's a rude bit which can happen if you let the crab and the baby get too near to each other!

Stick Cricket

Using just the arrow keys can you play a successful batting innings? I've played this for quite a while and have concluded that I'm fairly rubbish at it, but it's still entertaining.

Also check out the "Super 8" game, where you play as one of the teams in the World Cup trying to qualify for the semi finals! Needless to say I didn't win a single match and ended up bottom.

50 Dark Movies Hidden In A Painting

If you liked the Ultimate Film Desktop then chances are you'll like this too. There are fifty spooky movies hidden in the painting and the aim is to work out what they all are. When you think you know one you can click on it and type your answer in. The box will go green if you're right, red if you're wrong (or it's mispelt).

You can also save your progress by putting an email address in (it doesn't have to be a real email address), but you need to find the @ button, which is 'Shift' and '2' for anyone with British keyboards.

The Impossible Quiz

Funny, loud, and almost a quiz. The impossible quiz requires you to think laterally and often to simply guess. Some of the levels are about speed while others are more about thinking. I've managed to get to level 60 or so, let me know if you do better!

I think this takes a looong time to load, so if you've got a slow connection maybe try a different game. Many thanks to Paul for telling me about this one.

Desktop Tower Defense

Desktop Tower Defense is a clever game where you have to create and maintain a field of towers. Periodically you will be invaded by a swarm of little critters and if any of them get through your `tower defense' field alive then you lose a life. You can upgrade your towers by clicking on them and clicking upgrade.

There are full instructions at the bottom of the page.

Planets (A different one)

In this game the aim is to get all the planets aligned. As of yet I haven't worked out how to do this, but I have worked out a few things which I'll put in the comments. If anyone works out more feel free to help me out a bit!

The game itself has a hints button, but that didn't really help me much/at all. Basically this game is extremely weird, but it looks fun all the same.