Flash hasn't been around for over half a decade, but thanks to archivists, you can still enjoy this era of the internet.

Back in 2008, anyone with a decent computer and web browser could access hundreds of games instantly. The accessibility of Flash as a programming platform revolutionized the internet, and with ...

Flash games were an essential part of the early 2000s gaming experience, especially for young gamers. With computers becoming an important part of home entertainment and school classrooms, players ...

In 2017, Adobe announced that Flash would no longer be supported as of December 31st, 2020. With the software's discontinuation, tens of thousands of games and animations made in Flash would be lost ...

Image: World of Neopia, Inc. For years, tons of Neopets’ best games were unavailable in the wake of Adobe Flash’s demise. It was a reality that pained longtime Neopets players attached to the beloved ...

For me, the internet has always been tied to videogames. It's not quite so simple, of course, but using the internet has always been an inescapable part of the medium—to find and discuss them, and to ...

There were a lot of passing fads at my school. We had skipping ropes, yo-yos, Tamagotchis, the weird alien goo things that apparently got pregnant if you put them in the freezer, and one year we got ...

Adobe revealed in 2017 it would no longer be supporting Flash by the end of this year– which leaves the many stray Flash games out there (and those who play them) high and dry, right? There’s actually ...

In 2020, Flash dies for good. Adobe's media format defined a certain era of the internet, but security vulnerabilities and HTML advancements have rendered Flash obsolete. Adobe announced the end of ...

Christine Mendoza is a freelance writer from Canada with an avid love for video games and anime. Formerly an indie game reviewer, Christine enjoys not only playing video games but writing about what ...

Flash games can be obscenely fun to play, but not so easy to make. There is, however, a wonderful market of game building tools, including standouts like Microsoft's Popfly, and Sploder that have seen ...