Internet 101: Fun and Games Online

Internet 101: Fun and Games Online

This is the final Internet 101. Internet 102 is next in line.

So you want to play games? Scrabble, bridge, reversi, hold'em poker, pool and hundreds of others are available online. Some are one player games, some are multi-player games. Most are free, some are not.

As always, when doing a new search I http://www.google.com/ . This query is " games ". This is all you need to begin your search.

You can input particular games too. Take " poker " for instance, but you should hide your credit card. Most of the better sites under this search are fee based. You can lose your shirt, pants, socks, shoes and your house if you don't take them seriously so beware. ( money = 0 ) if you are not a decent player or learn to be on the free sites. I would add, buy the books, STUDY them, play free and only then attempt a small stakes game of hold'em poker or the like.

On the plus side, some major world poker stars began online in low stakes games. Chris Moneymaker comes to mind.

There are public games and secret games of Scrabble, bridge and others. Some are free, some are not.

Here are some places to begin your search for games. The first two are HUGE sites with dozens of games and thousands of players.

http://zone.msn.com/en/root/default.htm
http://games.yahoo.com/games/front


These three are accessed through one of the chat clients.

http://messenger.yahoo.com/
http://www.skype.com/
http://www.paltalk.com/

"Remember to do your work," the quote I like from Zen and the Art of the Internet, holds especially true of online games. You can lose your time, you can lose yourself too.

This final Internet 101 was just practice finding games with http://www.google.com/ . Playing can be lots of fun. Broadband is highly recommended for most of the games I know of. One final game site, for pay, is the increasingly popular and addictive http://secondlife.com/ . Check it out and have fun online.