Five Free Games to Kill Five Hours

Everyone knows a few different Internet games that we look at decide to only play for five minutes or so… then discover it’s 6 in the morning and the cat’s been dead for three days. So here’s a list of some of those games, in no particular order:

Drunken Masters

Drunken masters is a bar tender sim. Yes, you did read that right. The premise of the game is very simple, you need to serve a variety of cocktails and drinks to your customers, you keep their mood up (which degenerates when they’re not being served) by performing various tricks. The better the customer’s mood when you serve them, the better your tip. At the end of each night you can use your tip money to buy upgrades such as new tricks, stronger bottles and better drinks. You can also choose several different characters to play as, each with their own special moves that can turn a mediocre tip into a fortune, or a tough crowd into a bunch of gawking idiots.

This is a long term game, but fortunately there is a save function, so you can turn it off quickly if the boss is walking past…

Desktop Tower Defense

Let’s be honest, no list of famous free internet games would be complete without DTD. The idea of the game is simple. It’s a stage based RTS game. Enemies enter from two sides of the board (one on easy mode), and make their way directly to the opposite side of the board. Your job is to stop them with an array of different defensive towers. You earn money by killing enemies, which can then be spent to buy better towers, or upgrade your existing ones. But as time goes on, the enemy get more and more numerous, and tougher to kill…

DTD is now in it’s 3rd version, and is as good as ever, nee fun and challenge modes mean you can either play an easy, relaxing game, or go for the whole hog and try to complete the normal game.

The Last Stand

Amour games have released many great flash games, but the last stand is probably one of their finest. You play an unnamed character who has survived the zombie apocalypse… so far. Each night you must defend your barricade from the undead, moving around to get the best firing line and blasting zombies back into the Stone Age. It may sound like a point and click shooter, but it isn’t. The game rewards skill, good positioning and careful aim. Also, as you can only carry two weapons at a time, you must find the combo that works best for you.