Hot Aisle is a free browser game made by Jason O'Connell (hurtz2k) in Des Moines, Iowa.
Night shift at the server farm. Badge in, ride the lift, kill power to a rack, swap the dead server and close the ticket yourself, while the robots remind you they would have done it in 0.23 seconds.
Catbird Over Des Moines: A cute little catbird with big, messy plans. Eat everything in Des Moines, then poop on the parade, the governor and the police. Spring, summer, fall and snow, day or night. Multiplayer, with its own crowd on Reddit.
Vine Runner: Pitfall, rebuilt on a wood grain TV in an 80s living room. Turn the set on, swing on the vines and jump the pits. One or two players.
Totally Legit Plumbing and Stuff: Rent is due. Pull the van up to a house in Ankeny at night and steal everything that isn't nailed down. Don't wake Gary and his rock salt shotgun, and don't get eaten by the dog.
Going Down: Elevator Action, rebuilt in 3D. Four spies drop onto the same rooftop, raid the red doors for secret files, and race each other down to the getaway car in the basement.
Life Simulator: Everyday life, played out in full. Twenty seven little episodes: board a packed flight to seat 27B, survive the DMV, sit on hold, hunt for parking on Black Friday, build flat pack furniture, get a toddler out the door. You talk your way through some of them out loud.