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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><headline/></p></b></BR><br>Just because times are tough &#8212; and likely to get a whole lot tougher &#8212; doesn&#146;t mean you can&#146;t enjoy one of your favorite pastimes. When you&#146;re looking for that gaming fix but just can&#146;t spare the bucks, free games are the way to go.</BR><br>Jay Bibby, founder of the superb gaming site <a HREF=\"http://jayisgames.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jayisgames.com</A>, points out that some of the coolest, most inventive games out there are Flash games &#8212; games that can be played for free through your Web browser. And so with Bibby&#146;s help, we&#146;ve put together a list of some of the best free games the Internet has to offer.</br><br><P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>&#151; Winda Benedetti</i></P><br><p ALIGN=LEFT><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25128965\"><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Interactives/_swf/tonytesting/gamewidget/Grab_top5_widget_button.gif\" border=0></a></p>";

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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><a HREF=\"http://neutralxe.net/esc/vision.html\" target=\"_blank\">'Vision'</A></p></b></BR><br>Escape-the-room games are a popular browser game genre. As the name suggests, the goal of these puzzle games is to escape from a room. And Bibby calls <a HREF=\"http://neutralxe.net/esc/vision.html\" target=\"_blank\">\"Vision\"</A> one of &#147;the very best room-escape games there is.&#148;</BR><br>\"Vision\" finds you locked inside a virtual room complete with a sleek couch, locked desks and various secret machines. To find your way out, you much search this room &#8212; point-and-click style &#8212; trying to find keys and clues that will lead to the hidden door. Be sure to look in every nook and cranny and to carefully examine each object. Created by a Japanese game designer named Neutral, &#147;Vision&#148; is a lovely little time killer that will have your brain spinning over the many clever puzzles locked inside this room with you.<br>";

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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><A HREF=\"http://playauditorium.com/\" target=\"_blank\">'Auditorium'</A></p></b></BR><br>This unique music game is still a work in progress and yet it has managed to spread across the Web like crazy. &#147;It's an amazing, innovative piece of work,&#148; Bibby says.</BR><br>The goal in <A HREF=\"http://playauditorium.com/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Auditorium\"</A> is to figure out how to divert streams of light so that they fill up various boxes. To do this, you'll have to carefully place a variety of directional buttons that have different effects on the flow. Fill all of the boxes with light and the pieces of a song fit together. The puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways, are absolutely fascinating and the music is lovely.";

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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><a HREF=\"http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm\" target=\"_blank\">'Winterbells'</A></p></b></BR><br>&#147;Ferry Halim has been creating Flash games longer than anyone else I know of,&#148; Bibby says. &#147;His <A HREF=\"http://www.orisinal.com/\">Orisinal.com</A> Web site, although rarely updated any more, has a treasure trove of simple, elegant casual gameplay experiences. <a HREF=\"http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm\" target=\"_blank\">'Winterbells'</A> is one of the most popular that we've featured. It's also quite seasonal.&#148;</BR><br>Simple as can be and yet addictive as all get out, &#147;Winterbells&#148; asks players to help an adorable little bunny hop from bell to bell in the middle of a pretty winter snow flurry. Set to beautiful music, that rabbit will lure you straight down a Zen-like gaming hole.";

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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><A HREF=\"http://www.parapluesch.de/\" target=\"_blank\">'The Asylum'</A></p></b></BR><br>Disturbing, funny and totally twisted, <A HREF=\"http://www.parapluesch.de/\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Asylum\"</A> is a game in which the player becomes a psychiatrist to a mad house full of abused stuffed toys. Using only the click of a mouse, your job is to figure out what is wrong with each of these deeply disturbed animals and to help them recover.</BR><br>Bibby says &#147;The Asylum&#148; offers not just some great gameplay, but a great narrative as well. It&#146;s &#147;a game that can make you cry,&#148; he says. &#147;Really.&#148;";

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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><a HREF=\"http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/core.html\" target=\"_blank\">'Flow'</A></p></b></BR><br>This elegant and absorbing free Web game was such a hit, Sony commissioned the developers to gussie it up and bring it to the PlayStation 3, where it became one of the coolest downloadable games available through the PlayStation Network.</BR><br>If you can&#146;t afford the pay version, you can still enjoy the free version of <a HREF=\"http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/core.html\" target=\"_blank\">\"Flow\"</A> &#8212; a game that asks you to steer an ever-growing organism through the depths of the sea, helping it eat, grow and avoid predators. It&#146;s a fine example of how game designers are showcasing some of their finest ideas through free Web games.<br>";

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games_CitizenGamer_BestGamesforBuck[i-1].body = "<b><p style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: red\"><headline/></p></b></BR><br>Looking for a few more opportunities to scratch that gaming itch without breaking the bank account?</BR><br>Bibby says those who like to tinker will enjoy the physics game &#147;<A HREF=\"http://incredibots.com/\" target=\"_blank\">IncrediBots</A>.&#148; For adventure fans, there&#146;s the downloadable game &#147;<A HREF=\"http://nifflas.ni2.se/\" target=\"_blank\">Knytt</A>,&#148; a vast and beautiful game of exploration. Those who love room-escape games will have plenty of escaping to do with the much-respected &#147;<A HREF=\"http://www.arcadetown.com/submachine2/gameonline.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Submachine</A>&#148; series. And the quirky, atmospheric &#147;<A HREF=\"http://www.samorost2.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Samorost 2</A>,&#148; one of my favorites, is without a doubt one of the most superb point-and-click adventure games on the Web.  <br>";

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