AddictingGames

AddictingGames (previously trademarked as addictinggames.com) is a gaming website that was started in 2002 by Ira Willey. It was one of the first Flash game portals, and it helped popularize both the Flash platform and casual games. AddictingGames.com was acquired by Atom Shockwave and subsequently Viacom in 2007.^[1] Today it is part of the MTV Online Network, receiving over 10 million visitors a month.^[2] Recently, AddictingGames had an AddictingGames Showdown on Nickelodeon when people voted for the best games.

History

Ira Willey started the site in 2002, seeing the potential in Internet flash games. After selling it in 2005, he moved on to a new portal called OneMoreLevel. In his interview on FreeGamesNews, Willey noted that OneMoreLevel receives 100,000 visitors daily. Addictinggames.com is now one of the most popular flash gaming websites in the United States.

Banning of Site in West Virginia

In the school year of 2006-2007, a rising argument in what began at Jackson County, WV, turned into an issue at the State Capitol of West Virginia, of whether the schools should start blocking the site AddictingGames. After a while after the issue was tossed around back and forth in office, the government decided to block the website on all school domains in West Virginia, adding to the list which already included popular websites MySpace and Facebook, and other Email websites. Although there was still questioning over whether they should reverse the decision, not much has been said since then.

References

External links

• Official site

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