All of “Games”
Playing Games on the Internet
We do a lot of regular research into online games. Here's what we've found interesting lately.
Captain Forever
Collect space debris, assemble an ad-hoc ship and get ready for battle. This reminds me a lot of the early stages of Spore, but it's in space, and much more fun. Nicely done.
Time Fcuk
2d puzzles solved by flipping colors. We liked the dark humor and music in this one.
Fatty Bum Bum
The illustrations & animations are crazy fun, but the gameplay is kind of frustrating.
The Space Game
Mine astroids, set up automated defense systems, manage energy grids and raw materials. This game of systems management and planning is a really addictive experience.
A brief note on the ecosystem of small online games. There is a ton of great games out there, unfortunately a lot of sites hosting these games are supported by a hodgepodge of distracting banner ads. I'm sure this will change over time as successful funding models emerge and audiences grow.
aggregated from various sources via
Stewdio's browser pong is pretty fun via
Love this sound building iphone game/tool. It reminds me of Electroplankton only better.
Beautiful little point and click puzzle adventure game, with robots via
A great game concept that still holds up after all these years, and now it's free.
Sony Motion Controller & Atlas Wands
Sony showed off it's prototype motion controller at E3 the other day. I think it looks fun but it also reminded me of this ping pong ball + LED wand from the Atlas project that I saw a couple years ago. Images below show Sony's controller on the left and a DIY Atlas on the right.
The controllers will probably look different after Sony's product designers get done with it but I for one hope they keep the ping pong ball top. For more details check out how to make an Atlas controller or see more of Sony's press conference. (Atlas photo by Bryan Kennedy)
and the Cattle Prod game mechanic get broken down by Significant Bits
"I have seen the face of evil, and it is a caricature of gothic construction"
NPR caps off their series on museums with a post on interactive games.
Matt just pointed me to the Apple gaming blog on 1Up
Throwing down with the aliens in real space via
