Similar to Arkadium, WorldWinner offers a range of arcade, board, card, and puzzle games. When you launch a game from WorldWinner's Web page, you are automatically paired with an opponent by the FairMatching system. In some games, FairMatching is sufficient, but in head-to-head games like chess and checkers, you might want to know more about your opponent than a FairMatching score and what was said in the game's chat lobby.

Another gripe we have is with the practice system. Although you can earn up to $10 by gambling against your own previously posted high scores, you can practice each game only ten times.

WorldWinner offers many tournaments for cash awards that are generally higher than with the standard games, but we would like more one-on-one games where the chances of winning money are higher. The lack of player information and the feeling that you're being shoved toward the money games detract from the experience.

Copyright © 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Originally appearing in PC Magazine.