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Normally, I would be suspicious of a site with the domain name “onlinegames”. It  sounds like a virus waiting to happen. However, StumbleUpon led me to an online game that was easily one of the most addictive and entertaining online games I have played in a few months.  Truth be told, when I realized that it was from a domain as simple as onlinegames.com, I almost stopped playing. Yet, StumbleUpon is quite reliable on supplying web sites that are safe, thus I gave it a shot.

So, what is the name of the game to which I recently became addicted? Basketball. That’s it, no extra puns or clever subtitle, plain and simple Basketball. Essentially, a player is given two minutes to score as many points as he or she can. Where a player places his or her cursor determines the arc of the ball. The trouble is that the dotted “guide” line that indicates the path of the ball only shows a player the first half of the ball’s flight. The second part is up for the player to make his or her best guess.

Okay, so what makes this game so great? Well, while you are playing, so are thousands of other people. You earn points for making a basket (more points for farther distance, and a doubled amount of points if the ball doesn’t first bounce off the rim or the backboard), and each time you do, you see your rank shift among those of all the other players. If you swish the first basket, you start off tied in first place, but the live rankings quickly change from that point. At the end of the game you get a chance to see the exact percentile you fall under. If you are in the top 10 (which my friend has managed to do several times, though I don’t seem to have the same skills), your name is posted for a few seconds of glory.

With this game being so great, without any ads or pop-ups to detriment the experience, I find it hard not to recommend Basketball from onlinegames.com.