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This edition of Games We’re Playing is contributed by our friend and gaming junkie Alexander Liss
I heard about PSN downloadable title Shatter a while ago when it first came out, but it wasn’t until recently when it made news as a 2009 IGF Finalist that I decided to get it. With a few simple tweaks to the classic block-breaker formula, and some top notch production values, you have an awesome game that is a feast for the senses and a thrilling test of reflexes as well.
The Boing Boing games page just turned me onto Captain Forever, an awesome way to kill some time and entertain your dreams of becoming the next Buck Rogers. It’s everything you want in a flash game: easy to learn, tough to master, with addictive gameplay, and a unique sense of style.
This edition of Games We’re Playing is contributed by our friend and fellow gaming junkie Alexander Liss
I just finished my first playthrough of Demon’s Souls, a third person action RPG from From Software, and I’m moving into New Game+. I’d boldy say it’s the best game on the PS3 to date, and perhaps even one of the greatest RPG’s of all time. Trying to describe how good this game is is like drinking from a fire hose.
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Tap Defense, the iPhone version of Tower Defense, has some variations that makes it interesting. The path of the enemies are pre-defined, and the towers are built along side the path. To get high scores, I’m talking about network leaderboard worthy high scores, the key is to conserve cash, and to build the minimum of what it takes to get through a level. Sometimes, you’ll just have to let some monsters like the Devil pass through to conserve money and economize. Read the rest of this entry »
For all of you aspiring board gamers out there, here is your best way to battle the swine flu – with a purely co-operative board game called Pandemic. You and up to 3 other players do battle against 4 diseases spreading across the continents. The coolest part of this game is that if the disease concentration in any given node (city) reaches critical mass, it will overload and spread to all adjacent cities. If those cities have reached critical mass as well, they will chain react, sending an unstoppable plague across the globe. Great balance on difficulty, and a highly social game.
Just bring your surgical mask.
Get a copy here
I just played through Valkyria Chronicles again this week (going for perfection), and I must say, it’s the surprise game of the year for me. Surprisingly good that is.
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