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 points for completeing words, and the game allows slang, proper nouns, and more. The game also displays the definitions of every word you guess correctly.
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.
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 images which you both then describe until you get a match. Once you both label an image using the same term the image changes to another, and so on.
Each pairing only lasts 90 seconds so you need to think, and type, fast. You get 100 points for each match and the highest score I’ve managed so far is 1,000 points. It’s actually quite addictive and it helps Google refine the image search algorithm.
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 at least 100 images online, and people are apparantly finding them! So, if you’ve got the patience and you enjoy tedious, detailed searching, have we got the game for you!
Oh, and in addition to the search game, they also offer a slider game of every image that is being sought after. So, if you enjoy puzzle games they’ve got that on the menu as well!