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Basketball are timely: Not got the required inches to be a master of the hoops? Well, now you don need to. This little gem of a game tests your prowess at judging height and distance and gives you a new area of ??the court to shoot from with every shot you take. You can also see how you rank against other work-shy competitors around the globe. Simple and very addictive. P45 rating *** Rong: It ping-pong Jim, but not as we know it. Rather ridiculously addictive P45 rating ***** OK, so these are not strictly sports. But they should be. Bumperball: “It football, but in bumper cars, on an ice rink, christian louboutin boots References,” writes Nathan Jones. “What is there not to love? “Erm … P45 rating *** GOLF
Yeti Sports: All the Pingu smacking fun you can handle, on one site. Repetitive, but strangely pleasurable. P45 rating ** * Create the Laka: As suggested by Tom Tainton. Choreograph your own British Lions inspired haka with a series of increasingly camp dance moves. Ever wondered what a bunch of rugby players would like dancing like Michael Jackson? Now your chance. P45 rating ** Office Minigolf: “That the game that you really play in the office – for sure after your colleagues have gone,” chuckles someone called simply oe before adding: “nice dice”. We e not sure what he means but this is a quirky, playable effort. P45 rating *** MOTOR SPORTS
Horace goes skiing: Not big or particularly clever, but it a trip down memory lane for anyone who once owned a ZX81. P45 rating * * Soccer Star: No danger of goal droughts here – the goal to shot ratio is outrageously high. And the celebrations aren bad either. Just don rely on your goalkeeper and you l go far. P45 rating *** Steeplechase Challenge: There something deeply retro about this one. The secret is in judicious use of the whip and perfect timing in the jump. P45 rating *** (***** if your betting syndicate is rumbled) If you know something we don , send a link to your favourite online (sports) game headlined The greatest games ever … to sports.editor @ guardianunlimited.co.uk (with a few lines telling us why it so good) and we l add them to our list – vigorous quality control guaranteed, reader. Roberto Baggio Magical Kicks: As suggested by Tom Tainton. This game is so frustrating, it entertaining. While it painstakingly difficult to beat the near-impregnable keeper / defensive wall combination, when you do eventually score it quite a feeling. A feeling similar to, erm, scoring a goal. In the likelihood that you fail to hit the target, fear not – a grinning Baggio pops up to offer some sage advice. In Italian. P45 rating ** ** Stunt Dirt Bike: A mix of impressive acceleration and chronic problems with staying vertical make this the Didier Drogba of internet sports games. Much more popular around the office though. P45 rating **** Ashes desktop challenge: Not a million miles away from the tabletop childhood game of yore Test Match Cricket. Addictive but ultimately quite frustrating, much like the Ashes then. P45 rating **** TABLE TENNIS
Super Soccer: Finally a football game which doesn involve posing as a faded star playing keepy-uppy. Sadly, despite reading the instructions three times, we e rubbish at it. Hours must be spent perfecting our skills, clearly. P45 rating *** QWOP Athletics: From the people who brought you Little Master cricket, here a game in which you control an athletes calves and thighs. Anyone who can do more than spasm and fall over deserves some sort of prize. P45 rating ** Ball Blitz: Use your balls to knock the other guys balls out of the ring. It life in flash game format. P45 rating *** WINTER SPORTS
Quick hit football: This American football game is just so simple, fun and addictive that you may actually beginning to understand and take an interest in the sport. P45 rating **** Drag Racing: Sadly, no 15st blokes hotfooting it on heels here. But sneaking a win on the line in a Honda Civic is enjoyment enough. P45 rating *** Sidering knockout : A old style beat m up with energy bars and combo moves. Take your humble slugger up through ranks and finally earn a title fight. P45 rating *** Formula G1: Enough to satisfy any petrol head need for speed while stuck in the office. Accelerate around courses, bounce off the sides, and hit boost arrows to beat your best time. Unlock new tracks and hovermobiles as you advance through the game. P45 rating *** HORSES AND DOGS
Pandaf Golf: Slightly insane, very annoying sound effects, but rather addictive all the same. “This one is a definite candidate for rapid P45 delivery. Once you have finished the 100 or so levels you can make up your own layouts!” squeals Mark Bermingham , probably clapping his hands, too. P45 rating **** Football training: As suggested by Jermaine Haughton. Over 10 levels, players are challenged to hit the target, cheap asics online Baby Mozart, placed on top of the vehicle, to secure points. Competent timing and accuracy are essential. A slow-burner which you could spend hours playing. P45 rating *** Lightning Break: Easy controls, simple objectives, endlessly entertaining.
P45 rating *** * Table Tennis: Rob Bentham reckons “it really addictive, and sounds great as well”. We reckon it may be a little infuriating. P45 rating: If self-confessed temp Rob is anything to go by, asics sale, **** Cat with a bow golf: Ah, golf. Funny trousers, silly terminology and a cat firing itself at a target with a bow and arrow. A good walk ruined. P45 rating **** Smashtastic Cricket: Choose from batsmen like the brilliantly re -named Afraidi or Punting, then swish wildly at deliveries from McGruff, Welsh and Warning as you attempt to slog your way to glory. Or hit your way out of a match scenario in career mode – in which, helpfully, missing everything has no bearing on whether you win or not. Simply making contact with the ball is hard enough which makes it all the more addictive. P45 rating *** Stick Cricket: Takes a while to get the knack of, but worth the effort for the first time you knock Dennis Lillee out of the ground. P45 rating: **** 3-D Pong: Just when you thought pong couldn get any better, they go and make it 3D. So hard you will inevitably spend hours of company time playing it. P45 rating **** Trick hoops challenge: This one is all about showing off with the most outrageous attempts at the basket, if you can get it in off the wall you are far better than us. P45 rating *** Collected below are some of our favourite games on t nternet, so get stuck in and putt, kick, or skate your way to the JobCentre. World Golf Tour: Very impressive graphics for a free online game and pretty playable too. “This one cost me a pay rise last year, “writes Neil McCallum.” A quick nine without the boss noticing is as much a challenge as the game itself. “
P45 rating **** Blast Billiards: Ian Gale calls this “a fiendishly addictive way to waste an hour or three at work”. Even though we e shamefully useless at this game, we e inclined to agree. And they e added side spin options in the later versions, for anyone who just needs more control. P45 rating: ***** Zombie Football: Hot on the heels of the popular Zombie Cricket comes its footballing brother. There a little more to it – angles and movement – and you can pick your Premier League side . Frighteningly good. P45 rating **** Eight-ball quick-fire pool: The clue is in the name for this one. Of course accuracy, lining up your shots and not downing the white every other shot help but essentially this game is about hitting them balls quick and hard. P45 rating **** OUR LATEST FINDS
RBS Drop Kick: Watch for the scrum-half signal, catch his pass and ping the ball between the posts. Not as easy as it sounds. P45 rating ** Urban Basketball: It takes time to get used to the controls, but once you are involved, this game is infectious. Score loopy 3-pointers or simply slam dunk your way to victory in a 2 – on-2 duel. But special mention must be given to the added feature of hase-downs – whereby you run back to knock the ball out of the oppositions hands. “Get that weak stuff outta here”, asics shop online! P45 rating *** You get bored at work, cheap christian shoes, we get bored at work; the difference is, we don get sacked for playing these games. Not yet, anyway. Casual Bowling: Easy to play and very entertaining. Have fun controlling the swerve and getting strikes. P45 rating *** Superbike nation: As suggested by Jermaine Haughton. It has brilliant graphics – as to be expected from shockwave games. With loose and freeflowing gameplay, it one of the better online biking games around. P45 rating **** AMERICAN SPORTS OLD SCHOOL The greatest internet sports games of all time MISCELLANEOUS PUB SPORTS
League Bowling: Enjoyably retro. P45 rating: *** BOWLING
Football Agent: Buy! Sell! Be the Mr 10% and rake in enough cash to buy a mansion. Tough, but in a good way. And if you like that give its big brother Director of Football a whirl. P45 rating * *** Golf Drive: Apparently it a “relaxing game of golf the prehistoric way”. Very tricky, but very nice graphics and takes a bit of thought. P45 rating **** Ashes2Ashes zombie cricket: This game has entertaining graphics as Ricky Ponting-lookalike zombies limp towards the batsman whenever he fails to crack a six. But the dimensions are not quite right, making it really tricky to judge when to hit the ball. Or maybe we e just bad at cricket. P45 rating ** * Turn autoplay off Game of 3 Halves: A kind of Sensible Rugby, but with three of your fellas taking on an entire team of opposition. And a streaker. And a sheep. P45 rating *** Cole of Duty: Well, we say football. The recent gun scandal gets the treatment in this point-and-click first-person shooter. P45 rating *** FOOTBALL
English Pub Pool: Cracking physics, plenty of options so you can keep the rules exactly as you have them when at the pub, and includes the tear-inducing moment as you realise you e accidentally knocked in the black. All that, and opponents with low rent names. P45 rating **** Janey Thomson marathon: This is a finger-clicking nightmare of a game that is likely to reduce your life expectancy. It was removed from arcades after its release in 1984 because kids found it too tiring. You have been warned … P45 rating ** Kayak King: “Bad title pun aside, this canoe game is pretty damn addictive,” says Jack Iles. We enjoyed the first level. Then found it infuriatingly difficult.
P45 rating ** Little Master Cricket: One of our favourites. Ever. The best internet games share the same characteristics – they e simple and they e fiendishly addictive. We e grateful to Mark Jones for suggesting this little beauty. “Try to beat my high score of 366,” he says , “either in a Pietersen like smashathon, or in an Boycott-type forward defensive inspired resolute innings.” Our best? A hard-hitting 107 after 45 minutes determined effort. P45 rating **** Battrick: “The Barmy Army is all over the game, “so hailes tells us. Manage a cricket team against others from across the globe in First Class, 50 – and 20-over competitions, as well as buying, selling, and ground-developing. Like the football version , Hat-trick, which you can find below, you e got to be in for the long haul on this one. However there is a sign up process. P45 Rating **** Turn autoplay on WATER SPORTS
< br /> Lumix World Golf: Travel the world, see the sights … play crazy golf. Negotiate courses based around Easter Island, Sydney harbour and the Big Apple, among others, all with just your putter and a keen appreciation of angles.
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Escapa: This has got office tournament written all over it. You are a red square trying to escape the accelerating wrath of some blue squares . Get anywhere near 20 and you e doing well. 19.966 since you ask. P45 rating *** ATHLETICS
Let Play Darts: Mark Ingle suggests this little beauty from Holland. “The best bit (other than hitting multiple 180s) is the sound effects, delivered by a genuine dart scorer legend, “says Mark. There also a daily Top 100 score board. Our best? 22.2sec. Oh yeah. P45 rating **** Stick Rally X: Despite the name, this very playable top-down rally romp is about as un- ticky as they get. Like a more sober version of Micro Machines, you get to whizz around various dirt tracks, unlocking new circuits and cars along the way . Want to go faster? Then hit that nitro boost button, baby, walking shoes trainers! P45 rating *** Missing Men: The clock is ticking and you have to work out who played where in some classic European club games down the years. One for football nerds to revel in. P45 rating ** Ice racer: It got some great old school “Track