Free games being allowed?

So my request for a Desktop Tower Defence page got rejected.

Moderator Comment: We don't approve free games

Well there are pages for Battlefield Heroes and Mythos etc. These could be argued as "free" games
But more than that is a page for the game "passage" which is certainly a free game. I don't want these games to be taken down, They're all great games.
I just don't see why just because a game is "free" it is no longer valid.

"So my request for a Desktop Tower Defence page got rejected.

Moderator Comment: We don't approve free games

Well there are pages for Battlefield Heroes and Mythos etc. These could be argued as "free" games
But more than that is a page for the game "passage" which is certainly a free game. I don't want these games to be taken down, They're all great games.
I just don't see why just because a game is "free" it is no longer valid.

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I'm happy with free games being accepted. Like i said in my submission for Desktop Defence, I have spent more time playing that than some console games. It's just what do you define as a free game? and at what point are they not valid?
I don't want the site full of flash Tetris clones but still, there are some valid "free" games that are worth having entries for. Passage being a great example of one (and Desktop Defence I would like to think)

I e-mailed to the bombcast address asking about free games a couple of days ago. I'm hoping they'll clarify the issue on Tuesdays bombcast.

I think the problem is that Desktop Tower Defense is a smaller, flash based game, you let that in you might as well let ALL other games out there like flash breakout or that game where you kick the soccer up for as long as you want.

Runescape and such, is more feature filled and a larger production (relatively speaking) this may be the logic they are using, good call on the question above, they'll probably mention it.

Tower defence is originally a custom map for Warcraft III, so imo it should have a section on the WC3 page. Just because the mainstream discovered a flash variant doesn't make that a "game".
I do understand your point though. But remember that Battlefield Heroes, Quake Live and Mythos are games by a development studio and just happen to be used in a free to play business model, they could've easily been on store shelves.

I can't judge Runescape because I'm allergic to it and it's followers.

The official policy is to only include games which have commercial and/or retail connotations. Battlefield Heroes and Runescape qualify under this condition because they have payable options and the developers are as such making a profit from those games in some manner. (I can't comment on Mythos since I don't know anything about it.) This isn't really a prejudicial slight against free games as much as it is probably just limiting the scope to something that's workable from a database and audience demographic perspective. Yeah, we've all played great flash games and other freeware wonders, but allowing them into the database would create some huge headaches for those running the site. It's much easier to verify information on the games we cover now than it would be for freeware, flash, and other such games due to a number of different factors which go into the article approving process. Suffice it to say that it's due more or less to logistical reasons than anything else that you don't see those sorts of games covered on here.

"The official policy is to only include games which have commercial and/or retail connotations. Battlefield Heroes and Runescape qualify under this condition because they have payable options and the developers are as such making a profit from those games in some manner. (I can't comment on Mythos since I don't know anything about it.) This isn't really a prejudicial slight against free games as much as it is probably just limiting the scope to something that's workable from a database and audience demographic perspective. Yeah, we've all played great flash games and other freeware wonders, but allowing them into the database would create some huge headaches for those running the site. It's much easier to verify information on the games we cover now than it would be for freeware, flash, and other such games due to a number of different factors which go into the article approving process. Suffice it to say that it's due more or less to logistical reasons than anything else that you don't see those sorts of games covered on here.
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"The official policy is to only include games which have commercial and/or retail connotations. Battlefield Heroes and Runescape qualify under this condition because they have payable options and the developers are as such making a profit from those games in some manner. (I can't comment on Mythos since I don't know anything about it.) This isn't really a prejudicial slight against free games as much as it is probably just limiting the scope to something that's workable from a database and audience demographic perspective. Yeah, we've all played great flash games and other freeware wonders, but allowing them into the database would create some huge headaches for those running the site. It's much easier to verify information on the games we cover now than it would be for freeware, flash, and other such games due to a number of different factors which go into the article approving process. Suffice it to say that it's due more or less to logistical reasons than anything else that you don't see those sorts of games covered on here.
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"The official policy is to only include games which have commercial and/or retail connotations. Battlefield Heroes and Runescape qualify under this condition because they have payable options and the developers are as such making a profit from those games in some manner. (I can't comment on Mythos since I don't know anything about it.) This isn't really a prejudicial slight against free games as much as it is probably just limiting the scope to something that's workable from a database and audience demographic perspective. Yeah, we've all played great flash games and other freeware wonders, but allowing them into the database would create some huge headaches for those running the site. It's much easier to verify information on the games we cover now than it would be for freeware, flash, and other such games due to a number of different factors which go into the article approving process. Suffice it to say that it's due more or less to logistical reasons than anything else that you don't see those sorts of games covered on here.
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Makes sense. GameSpot/GameFAQs has the same limitation. There are an awful lot of free games out there, and you've got to keep the database manageable. :)