South Park Studios

Starting March 2008, Comedy Central's South Park cartoon series are made freely and legally available to all U.S. viewers via online streaming on its South Park Studios website. What's more exciting is their South Park themed games featuring its cartoon characters like Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny. If you're just looking to watch some episodes and your location is outside U.S., visit this website.

The Doors

Free Rice

It's time to get out of your fantasy and save the real world. Simply play a vocabulary game at Free Rice and with each correct answer you have just indirectly donated 20 grains of rice via the United Nations World Food Program to help end hunger. So the next time you are looking for that new browser game, think about the poor hungry child that you can save with a bowl of rice. After all, you are still helping yourself improve your English vocabulary. Visit the World Food Program website for more info.

Marcoland: Survival Meets Destiny

Marcoland is one of the few MMORPG that consumes just several minutes a day to play. Players are given a certain number of mana to be used as turns for building up hero's character and weaponry. This text-based game has been around for years along with many loyal followers which contribute to a great community. For starters, there is a demo screenshot of the gameplay or browse for more information on its wiki page.

Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms

All of you gamers should be familiar with this popular game from Ubisoft. After five Heroes of Might and Magic (HOMM) series released as PC games, the final version of HOMM will be entirely web-based without requiring any download or installation. HOMM Kingdoms BETA is currently scheduled to launch in Spring 2008. Unfortunately the preliminary release is quite exclusive, and only those who have bought HOMM Complete Edition will be able to register with secret serial numbers in order to get private invitations.

IP Masters

Whether you have an MBA degree or just a high school diploma, succeeding in the business world is never certain. Fortunately there is IP Masters (IP stands for Industry Player), a web-based business game based on a real-time world economy. Players become virtual entrepreneurs in various industry sectors and compete to form the best corporation. The game is complete with accounting, finance and economic concepts. After all, it is created by business-savvy personnel from a software company Tycoon Systems. Perhaps it is worth spending an hour or two checking out the site rather than sticking with that old-fashioned game of yours.

Dinoparc

Here's something new in the world of virtual pet gaming. Adopt a dinosaur in Dinoparc (actually you'd have to buy them with free coins). Most of its game features are standard which includes exploration, evolution and fighting other dinos. An interesting component added in battles involves some elemental analysis. For example, thunder is strong against air and fire but is weak against earth and water. The game also hosts tournaments as an opportunity to gain medals and some recognition. Players can even join or start their own clans to challenge others in a Clan War. Overall this virtual pet game is somewhat entertaining to play casually on your free time.

Happy New Year 2008!

We would like to wish all readers a happy and prosperous new year 2008. Thank you for your patronage as we strive to blog more about web-based browser games out there.