Play Online Games

by Ethan Cole
 
 

There are hundreds of wonderful sites where we can play online games. I used to use many of them, then narrowed the selection (and lessened the time spent to play online games) to three, then got hooked on one in particular. Boxerjam.com has unique games, really. This makes sense, as Boxerjam was one of the first places where web users could play online games. In the early eighties I recall being introduced to the internet by way of the Prodigy browser/ISP and with my surfing lessons came the blast of blasts—"Strike a Match". I then graduated to "Know-it-all" and "Mindstein". All these games are extremely challenging and equally fun. There was also a year or so when I played addictivegames.com, games that are also free and that number in the hundreds from which to choose.

But then, then...I discovered I could play online games for a few dollars a month (about 5 bucks a month when one buys a year’s membership), could compete, or could play alone (with robots), and could get a chance to win a jackpot!
 

I need money. Not a lot, as I am one of simple needs, having reduced my user habits as much as possible...but of course I need money to survive, and as a writer that means extra money besides the income that is for now quite limited. So I play online games at this site for fun, challenge, and catharsis, but always with an eye toward and a prayer for the few thousand dollars I COULD win.

The site is called Pogo.com. It is absolutely the best place to play online games—and I am not saying so because I am affiliated in any way with EA Games (I’m NOT) or to get special chances for cash winnings. (I write this anonymously, as a ghostwriter.) I just say this because of the composition and evident positive effects of site.

Here are a few details/reasons I find to play online games at Pogo.com:

The draw of Pogo is stunning. 300,000 Pogo players make 4.2 million uniques (unique visits) to www.pogo.com.  Of this number, 75% are women of the average age of 35.  Pogo members log on, chat with friends all over the world, and go for their  weekly badges or the coveted jackpot by playing board, word, or action games, or casino-style cards or slots.

The rooms where you can play online games at Pogo are filled with fun, funny, and nice folk from all over the world. They carry on "conversations" that are typically healthy, upbeat, and supportive of each other. (I recall during the deadly fires in southern California, a whole room of gamers coached a woman who was at home, surrounded by fires, on what to do and how to stay calm. So, she wasn’t even there to play games that day but was consulting her friends around the globe and reaching out for emotional support.)

People play online games for many reasons, in other words. They do it for fun, for relaxation, for company, for support, for distraction (yes, many do so for this reason while they are at work!). They go to great lengths to connect every day with other players and with their favorite games. They do so during crisis, before crisis, after crisis, at work, after work, and even (as I have read many comment they do) before work, getting up hours early so they can play online games at Pogo. I don’t blame them. I would do the same if I could.