The Great Games Experiment is community site that brings together gamer, developers and publishers to share the games they make and play. You can join groups, make friend, discover new titles you would have missed otherwise, etc. I've told you about it before, and many of you checked it out. Those who haven't are being rewarded for ignoring me. Starting tomorrow and running through June 14th, anyone who creates a free account is entitled to a free game download from the GarageGames.com store.

There are some great games available, including one of my favorite indies of all time, Gish, Marble Blast Gold, or stylistic black and white adventure game Vigil: Blood Bitterness, who's name I've been trying to remember for months now.

The worst that could happen is you spend five minutes filling out a form and get a free game out of it. At best - perhaps a Great Games Experiment love connection?

Perhaps not. Either way, everyone wins. Well, except those that listened to me the first time around. Foolish mortals. Michael Fahey

The Great Games Experiment

The Great Game Giveaway
GreatGamesExperiment.com is Giving Away a Free Game to Each New User

Eugene, OR, June 5, 2007 - GreatGamesExperiment.com (GGE) will be giving 1 free game to each new user that creates an account between June 7-14. The week-long giveaway will allow users to choose from 48 games* in the GarageGames.com Game Store.

Games participating in the Great Games Giveaway include award-winners such as Marble Blast Gold, ThinkTanks, Minigolf Mania, and Jets 'n' Guns Gold. All games are available for Windows, an additional 18 are also available for Macintosh users, and 11 can be downloaded for Linux.

Upon creating an account, users will be sent a message through their GGE account informing them of the Giveaway, and linking to the GarageGames.com Game Store where they can select their free game. Creating an account at GreatGamesExperiment.com is entirely free, and requires no obligation beyond a valid email address to become a member. The contest will begin at midnight on June 7, and end at midnight on June 14.

*Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa, Fizzball, and Fastcrawl are not participating in this promotion, and will be sold at full price during the week of June 7-14.

What is The Great Games Experiment?
The Great Games Experiment is a community in which gamers, developers, and publishers can connect through the games they have created and enjoy playing. GGE has been created with both gamers and game developers in mind. Visitors to the site can participate in the discovery of new games, make friends with other gamers, and even promote their own creations. To date, almost 4,000 games and over 10,000 gamers have combined to create the ultimate online gaming experience. The Great Games Experiment is one of the web's foremost destinations for gamers and developers alike.

GarageGames: GarageGames, the company behind GreatGamesExperiment.com, is located in Eugene, Oregon and on the web at www.garagegames.com. As the makers of Torque Game Builder, Torque Game Engine, and Torque Game Engine Advanced, they have been providing game development tools and technology at an affordable price since 2000. The Torque Game Engine was the original technology behind the Tribes series of games, and has been used since to develop countless games on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Xbox 360, notable among which is GarageGames' own Marble Blast series of games.