Gaming on the cheap: the best in free games

Everywhere you go, you see signs of the economy tanking rapidly, and it seems that no sectors have been spared. Frugal is in, cheap is chique, and that goes for games as much as anything else. The good news is there’s a lot of great games out there, just waiting for you to get your grubby hands on at no cost. The inevitable downside: most of the free stuff is crap. I took the liberty of perusing the great gaming blogosphere and browsing all the browser games to give you the best in free games for January 2009.