Instead of one game this week, I’m going to give you several — because it’s Halloween and I missed last week because I was at Disneyland. So, go and check out this site, which offers a selection of free, spooky Flash games. And don’t forget this free game of the past, which is perfect for Halloween fun.

I’m pressed for time this week, so this one’s short and sweet.

Title: Dino Run
Developed and published by: Pixeljam
For: Web browsers
ESRB rating: N/A

In “Dino Run” you’re a little dinosaur trying to escape the dino-apocalypse. Keep running right until you reach the end of each randomly generated stage. Eat things as you go. Don’t die along the way. And that’s about it — it’s simple, fast and fun.

This week’s freebie will totally “hook” you! Ha ha, get it? “Hook,” as in the title. Ha!

Anyway, the indie Web game “Gravity Hook” is about as simple to play as can be, and like so many simple games that only makes it harder. You’re this little yellow guy. You use the mouse pointer to hook on to and pull yourself toward one of the numerous floating mines in the air. Get too close to the mine you’re attached to and it’ll blow up, but time it right and you can let go and fly past it safely to grab one above it.

The goal is to get as high as you can without getting blown up or falling to the bottom of the screen. It’s tricky — really tricky. But it’s fun.

(Screen capture by Justin Hoeger)

You might have heard of a game called “Alien Hominid.” If you haven’t, the short version is that it was a banner example of indie-game success, a Flash game on Newgrounds that grew into a PlayStation 2 and GameCube release by The Behemoth, and later into Alien Hominid HD on the Xbox Live Arcade.

More recently the studio behind the game released “Castle Crashers,” a modernized four-player beat-’em-up in more or less the style of the old “TMNT” arcade games and other big coin-operated brawlers — except “Castle Crashers” is funnier and more twisted.

GET TO THE POINT, you say. Fine.

This week’s games are both by the same folks, and both are free browser-based games in the vein of “Alien Hominid,” featuring the singular art style that runs through both. The first is …

“Castle Crashing the Beard” is a spin-off that’s more of a joke than anything else — in it you play as the Blue Knight from “Castle Crashers” against the floating, scowling, bearded head of artist Dan Paladin, who is behind The Behemoth’s singular art style. It’s nothing complex, but it’s weird and fun. And weird. Which brings us to the second game …

“Dad n’ Me”  is more of precursor to “Castle Crashers.” It has similar arcade-brawler gameplay, but with a miniature Jason Vorhees-like character fighting with rival schoolkids on his way to meet his bigger, meaner dad on the other side of town. It plays a bit like a slower, less developed “Castle Crashers,” in fact. The game, like nearly all Behemoth games, has a twisted sense of humor and a fair bit of blood, so beware.

Neither game is rated, but treat them as Teen-rated games, as their content is similar to the T-rated console games these guys have released.

(Screen captures by Justin Hoeger)

As promised, I have a free game for you.

Title: WeeWar
Developed and published by: WiiWar Ltd.
Age rating: N/A

It’s called “WeeWar,” and it is a free turn-based wargame you play in your Web browser. There is an optional subscription fee for players who want access to additional unit types, the ability to run up to 10 games at once (the game hangs on an absent player’s turn until it’s resolved, and updates  players on opponents’ moves via e-mail) and other goodies. But it’s free to play the basic version, and the colorful graphics make it look a lot like “Advance Wars” on a hex grid. Ands everyone loves hex grids, right? Right.

The game itself looks like it would easily fall in the E or E-10+ range if it were rated by the ESRB. However, as an unrated online game with a number of customizable components (player designed maps, player avatars, etc.), you never know what crude or crass things you might come across, so be aware of that possibility.

(Screen capture by Justin Hoeger)