Posts from ‘Browser Games’ Category
Where’s an Egg?
By: Derek Yu
On: July 17th, 2007
Where’s an Egg? is one of those silly little Videlectrix games. That is to say, it’s made by the Homestar Runner guys. You may want to play the game cold, as I think part of the fun comes from having no idea what’s going on.
Otherwise, check the extended for a breakdown of what you’re supposed to be doing.
Spake ssfsx17 from the forums:
The gameplay basically consists of going to various locations and asking people about other people and their belongings, especially the egg. I find it to be a beautifully simple simulator of what it’s like to be a Soviet policeman – you can afford to kill two innocent people as long as you catch the culprit with your third bullet, and if you fail, you get sent to a gulag.
QWERTY Warriors 2
By: Derek Yu
On: July 9th, 2007
QWERTY Warriors 2 is what would happen if you gave Mavis Beacon an assault rifle. There are some problems with it. Like sometimes I’ll be trying to target one word but it will target another. The presentation could be a lot more interesting, too, with more variety in the enemies, weapons, and landscapes. Oh well, I guess that’s just more stuff they can add to “QWERTY Warriors 3: Revenge of Dvorak.”
Check out the screenshot, where I’m totally blowing the hell up out of the word “sin.”
(Source: Game|Life)
RGB
By: Derek Yu
On: June 29th, 2007
RGB is one of those “escape the room” puzzle games that I can never get through! They should have an option where you just kick the door down.
This one is really pretty, though.
(Source: Jay is Games)
Miestas
By: Derek Yu
On: June 24th, 2007
I really dig the artwork in Miestas, and the music (Nat King Cole?), but it’s incredibly easy and short. It kind of works to the game’s advantage, though. It’s the gaming equivalent of sipping on some hot cocoa and flipping through a comic book.
(Source: Sensible Erection [NSFWish])
A Walk in the Park
By: Derek Yu
On: June 19th, 2007
I honestly just want to let the screenshot speak for itself.
Ratmaze 2
By: Derek Yu
On: June 15th, 2007
Doctor Derek Doctors (no relation) writes:
“”http://www.pixeljam.com/ratmaze2/">Ratmaze 2!
Wasn’t that keen on the first one, but this is really fast paced and nicely animated with some cool little puzzle elements. Surprisingly playable given the simplicity of it."
I agree. Apparently, being a rat in a maze isn’t that bad. So it’s time to stop feeling sorry for those little bastards.
EDIT: Timmy’s posted a full map of the game.
The Adventures of Cagney
By: Tim
On: June 14th, 2007
The Adventures of Cagney tells the tale of a brave explorer on a quest to retrieve the treasures of the forbidden Jade City. Adventure games and IF are not well-received here, but this tale is a rather short story that should please quite a few fans of the outdated book format. As described by the author:
There are a couple of branching paths but they all streamline into one ending (which is to be continued). of course, like all good adventure novels there should be death scenes!
Comic Dice
By: Derek Yu
On: June 12th, 2007
Matt Hammill, the illustrator and creator of Gesundheit, has released a fun little toy called Comic Dice that generates a random comic. Not really a game, per se, but I found it quite fun! Wish there was an option to roll all three dice with one click.
(Source: Timmy)
The Crossing
By: Derek Yu
On: June 11th, 2007
The Crossing is another beautiful flash game from Ferry “Orisinal” Halim. Though many of the Orisinal games ramp up too slowly in difficulty for me, this one got it spot on. Gorgeous presentation and incredibly moving atmosphere.
This game is like a drop of dew falling on a baby bunny’s nose, waking him. And as the bunny shakes his nose, the dew disappears, and there’s a miracle to take its place.
Red! White! Yellow!
By: Albert Lai
On: June 10th, 2007
From the land of casual games, I introduce Red
White Yellow, a game that follows the best traditions of the "match
6 blocks that are adjacent to each other" genre. If this was some kind of magazine devoted to all things geek instead
of TIGSource we’d be running:
| Expired | Tired | Wired |
| Match-3 | Tower Defense | Match N adjacent blocks |
Remember, you heard it here first!
Anyway,
Red White Yellow is a fairly relaxing casual game that I could really see on
the cellphone and/or calculator—though it would have to be rebranded "Black
White Stippled" on the calculator—because of the quick, casual way it works.
The gameplay is fairly simple, but for those who don’t want to sit through
a tutorial — The game allows you to clear only one color at a time. Each time
you clear a color, there’s a short pause before the "clear color" switches. If you manage
to keep clearing colors, the combo counter begins to go up. Fun for those casual
fans, and has that clean art style that always reminds me of Chiclets.
Are Chiclets even around anymore? Oh, TIGSource reader base, when did we grow
up?
(Source: Tim’s Blog)
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