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Grow Games

By chaoticutopia on February 26, 2007.

i-b71883be0e9646711ea12122089d6b93-jig_contest2.gifIf you're looking for a late evening distraction,* or just didn't want the last weekend to end, why not unwind with a few casual games? Every year, Jay at CasualGaming.com hosts a flash game competition, drawing out some of the most talented puzzle designers in the business. The deadline for entries into the 2007 contest has passed, and the first games are starting to appear on the site.

i-ae8a17f639d7577e6da497cefd185100-nobuzzle.jpgAll the games are free, and typically can be solved in one sitting. The theme this year is grow. There were no further specifications... so an entry could be about trees, adolescence, evolution, chia pets, or cancer. Or, they could be a tribute to this Grow. Whatever may sprout from the creative minds of these flash designers, the entries are definitely worth checking out. So, as the JayIsGames crew likes to say, Click!

Note (*) er, That is, you play, while I work on these papers. No, that's not a game window peeking out from under my word processor window. Really. I swear.

Nobuzzle tree and competition buttons via JayisGames.

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