Free Ride Games Blog

Good news for casual game lovers:  Now there’s scientific proof that playing casual games is more than just a fun pastime – turns out it’s actually good for us!

According to a recent study, Casual Games Make You Smarter, conducted by East Carolina University’s Psycho physiology Lab, playing certain types of casual games – such as sophisticated Match Three games, certain types of Puzzle and Arcade games and even Word games – may have a positive effect on cognition.

What is cognition?
Cognitive function refers to a person’s ability to process thoughts. Cognition primarily refers to things like memory, the ability to learn new information, speech, and reading comprehension.

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NEW PLAYER
Our unique GameFrame^TM technology allows you to play premium, full-version games (with no time limit!) while our sponsors’ messages fuel your 100% FREE gameplay around the outside edge of the Player.

Well this week, as part of our ongoing efforts to provide the best user-experience that we can – we re-launched the Free Ride Games Player, which is bigger and better than ever before!

To download the new Player or to upgrade your current Player to this snazzy new one, click here.

Here are some feature highlights:

Slick New Look. The Player is now bigger which means that the display is a lot more user-friendly. We’ve also launched a slick new Taskbar and Desktop icon for quick access to your Free Ride Games Player, and it looks like this:

Player Home Page. You can now view our FreeRideGames.com home page in the new Player’s “Free Games Catalog” tab, which means that now you can stay up to date with what’s new in the service, including new games, fun Challenges and promotions – right from within the Player!

Game Search Facility. Looking for a particular game? Now you can search conveniently by typing the name of the game right there in the Player.

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