Author Archive for John P

Google Fight vs. Google Battle - Viewed 10,076 views times

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GoogleFight.com is a site that turns guessing which keyword has more search results into a game.
The objective is simply to choose two keywords (presumably one from each of two different people who are competing) and sumbit them to see which one is more popular.
A slightly less graphically rich, and also less advertising plastered [...]

WordHunter Xtreme - Viewed 6,592 views times

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WordHunter Xtreme is a neat little game that doubles as a Google Gadget – meaning that it can be added to your custom Google home page assuming you’ve signed up for one.
This game presents you with a box full of letters and the goal is to create words out of adjacent letters. You earn [...]

Guess the Google - Viewed 3,742 views times

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Guess the Google is a great little game that presents you with a grid of 16 related images. Your goal is to determine the search term that generated this list of images.
You’ve got 20 seconds to guess as many times as you can. You’ll receive 20 points for each correct answer plus additional [...]

Photo Munchrs - Viewed 2,736 views times

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Photo Munchrs assembles a page full of photos from the flickr database which have been tagged with a particular word, and asks you to navigate your little photo eating monster around the screen to gobble up the ones that match the word presented on screen. This game simultaneously contribute to building a better visual [...]

The Profane Game - Viewed 3,472 views times

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Are you a filthy sailor? Or do you at least think you can swear like one? Well, The Profane Game lets you swear as much as you can to try and rack up the highest score.

Wings, The Bald Headed Flight Simulator - Viewed 8,342 views times

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Take to the skies as an eagle soaring over this slick interface to Google maps. Circle under clouds to catch thermals.
The arrow keys on the keyboard control direction, and the space bar lets you drop “bombs”.

The Google AdSense Game - Viewed 3,280 views times

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The Google AdSense Game, created by Joel Comm as an advertisement for his Google AdSense advertising book, is actually pretty educational and fun.
The goal is to create a virtual Web site and lay out your advertising in such a way as to maximize the revenue potential from Google ads.

GPokr – Texas Holdem Poker - Viewed 8,941 views times

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Johan over at Spontanus provides today’s game:
A couple of months ago I stumbled across the site gpokr. This site gives you the opportunity to play the game online. No strings attached.
You receive a fictional amount of money, which you can use to become rich, or use to make other people rich .
The [...]

SearchFrays Google Placement Game - Viewed 1,853 views times

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SearchFrays is a simple little game that presents you with a Web address and has you try to guess the shortest possible search phrase that will cause that address to show up in the first page of Google search listings.
It’s an interesting way to learn a little about the way the search engine works.

Mars Sucks - Viewed 3,894 views times

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Mars Sucks is a Google Earth based game. If you do not yet have Google Earth installed you can get it by installing the Google Pack from the link on the right.
Once you’ve got Google Earth installed, follow this link to open a dynamic KML file from DestinSharks.com
To Play the Game:
1. Read [...]