There is something about flash games that catches my eye.  Maybe it’s the ease of which it can produce a silly or entertaining game, or sometimes it’s the quality and effort put forth by what often is a single man project, with maybe a few free music resources here and there.  Either way, I’ve found that as the quality of Flash has improved over the years, so has the amount of endless entertainment for me at Newgrounds.

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Making small games for promotional material is pretty common these days: Simple Flash games seem to accompany almost every major movie whose budget allows it. Being that Flash games are an easy and cheap means for engaging viral marketing, they’re a practical part of the promotion engines of many upcoming releases. Obviously, elementary Flash games won’t have much appeal for hardcore gamers, especially since they’re games promoting another game. But would something with more substance do the trick?

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