Wastin' Time, Kickin' Ass

I felt like posting something to the ol' blog, if for no other reason than to break up the string of PCQOTD back-to-back with PCQOTD, but couldn't find anything particularly earth-shattering to share with everybody. So for lack of any better subject, here's a few selections from the "games" category in my bookmarks. Start enjoying yourself, pronto.

Pictured, we have a lovely little selection entitled "Dropkick The Punks", from the Faint song of the same name. Basically, you control an angry mohawked fellow, riling him up in the parking lot until he has enough energy to charge into the club and dropkick some fool off the stage. It's in the same vein as the first Yeti game, but with a punk edge to it. It's amusing.

Bookworm is actually one of my all-time favourite little games. It combines Scrabble with Boggle with a hungry worm. You try and connect letters to spell words, but they're Scrabble tiles, so you score based on the labelled number on the tile. There are bonus tiles and bonus words, but the best part is the flaming tiles that appear when you repeatedly submit lameass words.

3D Minesweeper is the classic timewaster Minesweeper, but mapped to a huge sphere, so that you are playing the game in, yes, 3D.

I think we've covered Tobby Crane before on this blog. Horribly addictive.

Sticking with the wacky Japanese game theme, we find one of the oddest in a little thing I like to call Nanaca Crash. Actually, that's what the makers call the game. I call it "Anime Girl Smashes The Crap Out Of Pretty Boy And Sends Him Into The Stratosphere". It's in the same vein as Yeti or Dropkick The Punks, but with a rockin' musical track and the ability to warp in and keep whackin' the guy to make him go farther. Your timing on the warps either sends him higher or lower, and there are obstacles along the way in the form of people that may help or hinder your progress. Be ready for the Special Attack!

Six Feet Under is a twist on the popularity of the Yeti game. You're controlling a hearse driving to the graveyard. Frantically tap the right arrow to get your speed up. Before you hit the brick wall at the cemetary, press the space bar to brake, and send the coffin flying. I love the graphics and the animations in this one. There are different scenarios for different distances, so it pays to be a bad player occasionally.

These are just silly. Flash versions of classic games from tv shows. For some reason, I can play the Tic Tac Dough one over and over and still be amused. Or bemused.

How many balls can you destroy? In Chaos Theory, a series of blue balls move across the screen. You judge when and where to set off an explosion that will make each ball it touches explode, setting off a chain reaction. Surprisingly captivating.