Big Fish Games is a games portal, they sell downloadable video games in fact they're not dissimilar to Binary Sun - another very nice games website 
Anyway Big Fish have now announced the ability to set up your own games site which I have done (as if I need ANOTHER site to run). You can choose your favourite games from their catalogue and promote them on your own games page. In return for doing this you get 2 free games and, some would say more importantly, you get commision for every sale that is generated via your mini portal.
I wouldn't give up your day job just yet, you're unlikely to make a living from this, but it's an interesting way to market games. Basically making others (erm... you and I) do the work for them. The thing is - it works! Look at me, I'm writing about it already!
So head on over to the Binary Moon games page at Big Fish and see what games I think are good.
Rocket Boards is a super fast 3D rocket boarding action. My first "commercial" (shareware) product. Didn't do amazingly well but was a good learning experience
Bubble Bomb is a polished update of a game originally built by Warren Marshal (who works at Epic games - developers of Unreal and Gears of War)
My own update of Bubble Bomb, Bubble Blitz was almost a total rewrite adding loads of new features and a shiny new look.
Seths Puzzle Boxes is a puzzle game with a surprisingly enjoyable story line, unfortunately it's quite short so won't take long to complete, but while it lasts is great fun.
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You can make a living selling these games if you're good at it... drop me a line if you ever want to talk how you can make it happen. I'm their #1 member right now but then again I have quit my day job to focus on this.
Hi Mark
Thanks for the comments. It's interesting to see how much other people use this. However Compare your money earned with the money earned by the person in second place and there's a big difference. For me to earn a living doing this I would have to earn more than you are. I already earn a living working at a game dev company and I'm happy there so I think I will stick with earning pocket money from this
im confused on wat kind of games would i be receiving...would it be for actual consoles...like a 360? or ps3? and for the website, would i have to buy or rent or watever is it that i need to do in order to keep it running and mine? (ive never had my own website before so im clueless)
Hi - you have to create an account on their site. The games are for the pc. I don't know if they're still available or not though.