The Ultimate Google Games Resource
The Google Maps Quiz is a game which presents you with an image of a topographical area. The object of the game is to then click on a world map where you believe the area is. The system then measures the distance between your guess and the actual spot. The best I managed was 86 [...]
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Today’s entry comes in the form of a service which Google has turned into a game of sorts. This one comes complete with scoring and public recognition of your contribution to the service. Google Image Labeler is a word association game in which you, and some unknown, random partner are paired up and shown identical [...]
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Although it isn’t technically a game, Google Earth rocks! You can zoom in on almost any point on the planet to check out high quality satellite images. But what’s better than that is that if you have a joystick you can use it to fly around just like you would a flight simulator. Here’s how [...]
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Now here is a game that seems downright impossible to me! The GoogleEarthing folks post a zoomed in photo of a few houses or some other very small area and then you’re supposed to find it using Google Earth. I think I’d rather try to find a needle in a giant haystack, but they’ve got [...]
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Road Sign Math is a site which offers a slightly “brainier” alternative to the classic Slug Bug driving game. The game has a comprehensive list of rules, but the basic premise is: people take photos of roadsigns that contain numbers which, when solved, will formulate an equation. An example follows: 9+6=15 So next time you’re [...]
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In the web-based Brewster Jennings Protects America game you race around the globe as a government agent trying to stop a deadly terror attack from taking place…. In this Google Maps game, you are a secret agent called into action. The game starts with a clue which directs you to some place on Earth where [...]
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EndGame, a Google Maps based war strategy game, allows up to 25 players to battle it out with the ultimate goal of complete world domination. According to the site, “The object of this game is to take over all the countries on the map. All other online players are simultaneously trying to do the same [...]
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Mark Caswell-Daniels has developed a little flight sim game which uses Google Maps to allow you to fly all over the place. You can climb, dive, turn and even crash! You also have the option of shooting things on the ground. Go try out Goggles, the Google Flight Simulator! And keep in mind that the [...]
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I enjoy playing some of the games found on Google, part of Google, or using Google services so much that I figured there needs to be a comprehensive place to catalog them all. So, here we go…
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