Google's games are ingeniously designed and highly addictive. Here we round up six of the
very best new ones to play in your browser with friends or on your own
Play Cube Slam in Chrome
Cube Slam (www.cubeslam.com’) is a 3D
Pong-style game you can play against a friend. You need to invite them, and
then allow Chrome to access your webcam, which makes your face the target’ If
none of your friends are online, you can play Bob the Bear instead. Download
the app (bit.ly/slam322) and you’ll be able to play Bob offline, too.
Play Roll It in Chrome
Roll It (chrome.com/campaigns/rollit)
recreates skee ball, the ball-rolling game you’ll recognize from seaside
arcades. Sync your phone with your computer and you’ll be able to roll the ball
with a flick of your wrist. This video explains more: bit.ly/roll321.
Play Chrome Racer game
In Chrome Racer (www.chrome.com/racer) you race
colored blocks on a track that’s split across up to five Android or iOS
screens, so friends can line up their phones and tablets and play a Chrome
version of Scalectrix. You can also play Racer by yourself. Each device will
need to run the latest version of Chrome for Mobile (bit.ly/chromecmobile320).
Play Atari Breakout in Google
Type ‘Atari Breakout’ into Google
Images and the results will magically transform into the classic Seventies
game. It’s Google’s latest hidden tool, following such classics as ‘do a barrel
roll’ in Search.
Play Chrome 3D maze game
The Chrome game World Wide Maze is
another brilliant demonstration of new
web technology. It turns any
website into a 3D maze, and lets you move a ball through it by tilting your
phone or tablet. which is synced to your PC. as though its a console
controller. You’ll need a device running lOS 5 or Android 4.0 (Ice Cream
Sandwich), or better.
Sync Chrome games between phone and PC
Super Sync Sports (www.chrome.com/supersyncsports
comprises three games that appear on your PC, but are synced to your phone
or tablet. This lets you control the games by moving your fingers on your
mobile device. The games are running, cycling and swimming, so you have to move
your fingers as quickly as you used to waggle your joystick playing Daley
Thompson’s Decathlon.
