Blogger's Blog alerted me (via Twitter) to the groovy announcement that the magnificent Czech game Samorost 2 has taken this year's Webby for best game. The stunning browser title took a trophy at the 2007 Independent Game Festival ceremony at the Game Developer's Conference 2007 and has now broken out of the game ghetto into the interactive, er, mainstream. If you've never played it, go here immediately and lose yourself in the astounding environments and perfectly formed gameplay.
Also worthy of voters' love is Club Penguin distributor MiniClip. The kids' social networking site (down, people, it's got gaming elements to it too) is percolating through the interactive community.
These games clearly shone; the other nominees were surprising (American Dad vs. Family Dad Kung Fu?). Anyone have web-based games they'd particularly recommend?
