Ferry Halim offers a line of flash games that combine the aesthetic of Japanese stationery with simplistic one-touch gameplay.
The upshot: 59 different games.
The other upshot: the games are very kid-friendly.
The other other upshot: they’re free.
I recommend “Bugs,” “Cranky Crabs,” and “The Three Monkeys.”
(via Notcot)
Free games:
•Plasma Pong: real-time fluid dynamics combined with Pong. Multiple color options. (via Sachs Report)
•Feed The Head: a web-based game where the goal is to . . . uh . . . something. [challenge: try to get the head to walk, try to get the feet to juggle 3 balls (plus the eyeball)]. (via Neatorama)
•flOw: the MFA thesis project of Jenova Chen, an awesome game (downloadable or web-based) of planktonic proportions - as a tiny plankton you swim about, eat and grow/evolve, take-on larger predators, and work your way to the bottom of the ocean (red plankton makes you sink, blue makes you rise) to fight a plankton boss. Awesome music and sounds. [challenge: try to reach the "yellow level" where you are a jellyfish].
•Mario Adventure: the ultimate Mario hack - an entirely new Mario game based on Mario game code. (via Sachs Report)
So more fun than the Lego Games themselves is coming up with names for the game to call you when you win/lose!
No doubt the top-selling Xbox game this week is “Crackdown.” The game itself is nothing special . . . other than with the purchase comes the free beta download of the eagerly awaited “HALO 3“. Last night I got the chance to play.
Mother of God. It is beautiful.
Unfortunately, the beta is limited to online multiplayer matches. And they are fun. Very, very fun. Apparently “campaign” play won’t be available until the full release in Sept. “Full release” being the operative term.
I give “HALO 3″ five stars out of five: *****
The pros of HALO 3:
•New loud weapons - alien rifles, missile launchers, landmines, and the Spartan Laser (a.k.a. - the “Freud Cannon”).
•New portable objects such as “gravity boost” personnel launchers, “bubble shields,” and shield-depleting bombs.
The downside of HALO 3:
•Getting schooled online by a 13-year-old named “/ILuvSlutz666/”
