(a.k.a. Jagex's Other Games, Reloaded)
Some of you might recall that I posted a little bit about playing a British MMORPG called RuneScape. It's a bit of a red-headed bastard stepchild of the MMORPG world, as it does not use DVD/CD-ROM software for players to permanently download game files.
Jagex stands for JAva Gaming eXperts, and that is the code that Paul and Andrew Gower stand by. Despite yowls of many gamers who protest the limitations of Java, I maintain that their code for Runescape is pretty good, considering all such limitations.
But I digress. I found RuneScape myself through casual gaming– free Java/Flash games and the like. FunOrb is Jagex's return to these casual games, and it looks like they've done a good job of it. RuneScape veteran players might remember the company previously dabbling in such games, although at the time, they were not very well designed and were a bit of a laughingstock. (One of those games, Flea Circus, has returned, but it has been redesigned a bit.)
While RuneScape occupies a rather small niche in the MMORPG game world, I would definitely recommend FunOrb if you do enjoy casual games for coffee breaks and other times you are pretending to work, or just need a quick game to pick up and set down. If you play RuneScape, you'll find that friendslists are linked. The list is maintained to compare hiscores; supposedly chat is possible, but I am unsure how it is initiated from FunOrb games.
This is better designed, in my opinion, than many of the other sites out there, including Miniclip and Real Network's RealArcade. (The forums are much more accessible, too!)
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