That Google and Adobe tag-team? It's about gaming on Chrome OS

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I'll admit, the title is a bit of an over-simplification. There are plenty of other reasons Google and Adobe have been working so closely together lately. They're both members of the Open Screen Project and should, therefore, be cooperating. But there's no question that Flash gaming in the Chrome browser and Chrome OS is very important right now.

When Google demoed the Chrome Web Store at I/O, two games were front and center - Lego Star Wars and Plants vs. Zombies. Those of us on the outside can't get in and play with them yet, so I went and did some digging and found one developer who did have a Chrome app package available for download.

Owen Campbell-Moore wrapped up Spark Chess into Chrome .crx file -- so I downloaded it, installed it, and then promptly took it apart to see how tricky it was to accomplish. It turns out packing Spark Chess was a pretty simple process, so I decided to put together a couple icons and a manifest for Infectonator.

It took all of 5 minutes and I had my Chromium browser running two Chrome Apps. If I was able to package a game this quickly, it's going to be a cakewalk for casual game developers to do. And with Pushbutton Engine now open for business, Flash Gaming development is going to keep steaming ahead for quite some time.

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