Google Chrome and Gears - Unweary
http://unweary.com/2008/09/google-chrome-and-gears.html
The Tombs of Asciiroth
http://www.icculus.org/asciiroth
"The Tombs of Asciiroth is a free, open source game you can play right now in your browser. It has arcade, puzzle and exploration-style game play in an extensive world of font-based abstraction. If it looks a little old school, it's only because I've been trying to make this game since 1980. But other things kept getting in the way. Hope you have some fun with it. "
First Google Gears app: Offline Google Reader - Download Squad
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/05/30/first-google-gears-app-offline-google-reader
"Well, that was fast. Google Gears hasn't even been announced yet, and already Google Reader users can install it and wallow in the splendor that is offline reading."