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Monday, April 16, 2001
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SUMMER has its own charm. Despite scorching heat, sweating and perspiration all day, and above all power cuts, summers have one thing to look forward to— that is holidays. For most of the persons, summers are the holiday period and time to take a break from normal routine and go out holidaying. However, if you are not lucky enough to go on a holiday do not lose heart, you can still take a good break and also enjoy your vacations.

Since you can have the best of entertainment right on your PC, so just login… and start enjoying. This week we have online and offline games for you, which you can play on the Net or even download to play later. For offline or downloadable games you can visit www.gamehippo.com. This is a good resource for offline games and has over 700 free downloadable PC games. However, the best part is that these are not shareware or demo versions of games, so you can enjoy them playing without any hassles. The games on this site are divided into categories like action, adventure, arcade, board, card, dice, educational, logic/puzzle, pacman, paddle, RPG, simulation, sports, Tetris etc.

You can explore each of these categories and select the game of your choice and download it on your computer. However if you do not have anything particular on your mind, then you can browse the most popular category and look for a game of your choice. These games are both in DOS and Windows versions and are meant for all age group of persons. It has some good games like Rival chess, Astro man, orbit etc., that are quite interesting and even persons with higher age group would like them.

For offline game lovers, there is another site www.freewaregamer.com, which has a good collection of games. On this site you will find directory of games for Windows categorised into several categories of games along with reviews, links, and editor’s choice.

For people, who love online games, the Internet is an ocean of such games. There are thousands of such sites, where you can play online games and win prizes too. You can even have the fun of Las Vegas right on your PC, by hanging out at gambling without putting anything at stake. You can visit www.harboursidecasino.com and try your luck in various games like Java slots and Java Black Jack all for free. This site is not just a gambling den, as you will find some other interesting games like family Tetris and family checkers for the family. However, unlike other casino sites it is free. However, if your dil maange more, then you can check out on this site links for other sites.

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