More Kid Friendly Games

I found a really awesome racing game for kids. It has the simplest of controls, just the arrow keys. There isn't a lot to it, either. You start the race, zoom past the other racers and try to collect little crystals to gain max speed. The game's called LudoRace, and you can download it from Graphit-X.

I also found a nice sandbox game (well, sort of) for the younger crowds. The game's called Freeride Earth, and, as the the name suggests, you ride all over the world in a sort of free-roaming environment. Really, you're on a hoverboard in a snowy area, and that's all there is to it. Even though the game is insanely simple, I enjoy its endless environment, and I suspect a young child would stay interested longer than I. The latest version can be found here.

If you have a fairly powerful video card, you could also try "That Cloud Game," an insanely popular internet phenomenon which allows you to fly through the air, collecting healthy clouds to dispatch them near unhealthy coulds to make more healthy clouds and collect those. The point of the game is to clear the sky of clouds, but I just have fun zooming through the sky as I listen to the beautiful soundtrack.

If you're feeling adventurous, you could also try out some of the nice-looking RPGs at Tomoshibi, but it's a Korean site, so you may have trouble finding your way around.