# Games link **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 8, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943 "2015-10-08T17:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943/1 "2015-10-08T17:50:18Z")
So I just happened to notice a link on the front page that goes [here](http://games.straightdope.com/). I suspect the link has been there for ages and I just never noticed it before, but what’s up with that? Does the board get revenue if people play those games? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943/2 "2015-10-08T21:18:20Z")
Yeah it’s been there for quite a while. I have no idea if there’s any revenue generated from it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943/3 "2015-10-08T21:20:18Z")
It didn’t work for me. I tried the Bridge game, but nothing happened. Could be interference from AdBlock, I guess. Thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943/4 "2015-10-08T23:58:29Z")
I tried it on my windows machine, my linux machine, and my android tablet. On the windows machine and the linux box (both running firefox) I had to enable scripts for that page, but I did not have to do anything to Adblock Plus. It said something like advertisement, your game will play shortly in a teeny tiny little font, and then after about 45 seconds or so (I didn’t time it) the game started to play. On my android tablet, all I got was a screen that said “Hi there”. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943/5 "2015-10-09T00:01:45Z")
Yeah, even with adblock on, you have to wait until the ad is finished, kinda like how Hulu works. I thought it didn’t work at first, too. It doesn’t work on mobile, though. I think it assumes mobile doesn’t have Flash. I haven’t bothered trying to work around it, but you might be able to if you have Flash installed. I’m sure it doesn’t give money unless you have adblock disabled, though. BTW, I made the GAMES button. They had lost the original font. It wasn’t hard or anything, but it was nice to get a thanks and actually see it used.