# Need downloadable games for MIL **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-downloadable-games-for-mil/413383 "2007-07-27T15:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-downloadable-games-for-mil/413383/1 "2007-07-27T15:42:05Z")
I was just asked if I could put a few games on my in-law’s computer. They (the in-laws) a lot of fun, but somehow I don’t think they’d appreciate Half-Life or Age of Empires. In fact, about all I have to go on is that she liked what sounded like a breakout clone that may have had the word “aqua” in the title. I figured the best thing I could do would be to go get one of those bargain game collections of the 100-games-on-one-CD variety and hope for the best. I’m posting here because we’re seeing them tomorrow and I’ll be dropping off the machine – so there’s no time to do anything but download. But… but… but (A) _what_ do I download, and (B) _where_ do I download it from? I know the net must be chock full of things like this (i.e., in the 10-20 dollar range for a small collection of basic games), but since I don’t shop for games all that often, I have no idea where to begin or what sites to trust–I just cleaned off an absurd amount of spyware and don’t want to begin anew, so, any suggestions? Thanks, Rhythm ---
**Author:** ![I\_m\_Ron\_Burgundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc29f/32.png) [@I\_m\_Ron\_Burgundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_Ron_Burgundy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-downloadable-games-for-mil/413383/2 "2007-07-27T15:57:14Z")
Are they going to have the internet? I enjoy games from [http://www.popcap.com/](http://www.popcap.com/) & [http://www.addictinggames.com/](http://www.addictinggames.com/) but they’re mostly online-only Flash-based games. There are probably some downloadable ones there. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-downloadable-games-for-mil/413383/3 "2007-07-27T16:09:25Z")
They have limited Internet access, so I’m hoping to find something I can pay for/download and be done with it–the equivalent of walking into a store and buying a CD so they can play it off line. If I was working with a business application I could go to the corp. site, download the “trial” version, then pay for a key – that’s pretty much what I’m hoping to do here. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-downloadable-games-for-mil/413383/4 "2007-07-27T16:24:12Z")
I recommend things like Drop, Zuma, Bookworm and maybe Mah Jong or a [Jigsaw puzzle](http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/jigsawpuzzles.jsp). I believe you can download a set of jigsaw puzzles to have on your computer, but I can’t recall where. ETA: Places like Wal-Mart sell Zuma and Drop for about ten dollars, too. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-downloadable-games-for-mil/413383/5 "2007-07-27T17:09:25Z")
You could try BigFish Games (which I can’t link to because the work servers don’t allow surfing to known game sites). It has many, many downloadable games for not to unreasonable prices, including Bejewelled.