Posts related to games and gaming
I just got lost down a rat-hole of nostalgia. The Internet Archive has recently added a collection of playable old-school handheld video games. Their new Handheld History section houses close to 75 versions of retro handheld games. You…
Continue reading →Another Black Friday has passed us by. It’s now Cyber Monday and the beginning of cyber week (is that new? how long have we called it cyber week?) so that means it’s time for another Holiday Geek Gift…
Continue reading →A brilliant developer (and Seinfeld fan) Doug Keener has created a Seinfeld version of Doom 2… and it’s awesome! You can download and play the game too.
Continue reading →Ever wanted to drive a car through your neighborhood? Oh wait, you probably do that every day. Ever wanted to drive a car through my neighborhood? Well now you can with the Google Maps Driving Simulator. It’s a…
Continue reading →Remember the Spirograph? Those odd little notched pieces of plastic that you used to make swirly drawings. I know I had one or two of them growing up. Like all of us, I’m sure you wished that you…
Continue reading →This is a real game, not some joke from The Onion. The premise of the game is exactly what you’d expect. You run around as a goat causing mischief, doing goat things… hilarity ensues. You can pre-order it…
Continue reading →This is pretty awesome… Hotwheels sets a world record by racing two cards through a 6-story vertical loop.
Continue reading →Do you really enjoy Tower Defense games? Have you always wished that you could play Tower Defense in your own back yard? Well, wish no more. MapsTD hooks the Tower Defense you know and love to Google Maps…
Continue reading →Are you tired of plain-old Tetris? Do simple square shapes bore you? Give Stateris a try.
Continue reading →Take a the timeless classic video game of Mario Brothers, then add the innovative modern game Portal, and you get a great game that I’d love to play MariO. I hope they follow through with this mashup!
Continue reading →I just ran across a fun new flash game by Jonas Richner. The game is called e7, and even though it’s nothing elaborate, it really pulls you in. You’re goal is to save the earth… “It’s force is…
Continue reading →Have you ever wanted to run your favorite old-school Nintendo characters through the original Super Mario Brothers? Well wait no more, you now can with Super Mario Crossover. You have a choice of Mario, Link from Zelda, Bill…
Continue reading →I just ran across one of the coolest uses of Google Earth I’ve seen. Planet in Action has created an online simulation built on top of Google Earth. You can pilot several barges, a re-fuel ship, a container…
Continue reading →It’s that time of year again folks. The Finalists for the 2009 Independent Games Festival have been announced. Ever since I discovered this festival a few years back, I’ve been coming back yearly to see the new games…
Continue reading →I just spent about a half hour playing this beautifully designed (and addictive) flash game, Auditorium. The game is all about directing a stream of particles using small spheres that redirect them in different ways. You want to…
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