I used to feature games on here from time to time, but it’s been awhile. Maybe I was just waiting for the right game. I give you Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure.
The game was designed by Cassie, age 5, including the pictures and voices. That much is pretty obvious as soon as you see the game (although I swear she must have been fed some of the lines by somebody).
This game is adorable and takes about 10 minutes, max, to beat, so go check it out. The cuteness factor is off the charts. If you enjoy it, you can also donate to Cassie’s college fund.
You know, it kind of makes me think…I happen to know of a very imaginative girl who likes to draw pictures…
For some reason things come together in a perfect storm such that I get a bunch of links pertaining to the same subject all at the same time. And in this case, the subject is zombies.
First things first, I we have a possible zombie attack on our hands, and thanks to technology we have been given advance warning. In this case it is the twitter account of the Boston PD:
INJURED OFFICER: Officer from district 4 transported to Beth Israel Hospital, human bite to arm, suspect in custody.
Twitter user willcady used the opportunity to ask the police a burning question:
@Boston_Police if that was a zombie bite, would you tell us?
The police, setting the gold standard for government transparency, answered him:
Second off was the zombie movie news that was all over the place last week. Apparently someone threw together a zombie movie for $70 and it is getting rave reviews. Now, to be fair, the $70 thing is kind of a white lie. Sure, maybe he only spent $70, but (for example) they had special effects leftovers from the set of Wolverine donated. It’s not like I could go out and make the same movie with only $70. Nevertheless, it was a very, very cheap movie. What did they spend the $70 on?
“We bought a crowbar and a couple of tapes, and I think we got some tea and coffee as well — not the expensive stuff either, the very basic kind,” Price told CNN. “Just to keep the zombies happy.”
Always a good idea.
Finally, I will leave you with two zombie related games.
The first, Plants vs. Zombies, combines two of my favorite things, zombies and tower defense. I saw a review of this pop up in several places, so it seems to be somewhat popular. The only problem is, it costs $20. But they do have a free trial you can download and install that lets you play the regular game for 60 minutes. And it was a lot of fun! I was extremely disappointed when my trial was up.
If you don’t feel like actually playing the game, you can watch a preview instead:
Finally, I leave you with a free game, Zombie Hooker Nightmare. The title should give you a clue about this one. Basically, you play a ::ahem:: lady of the night who is just trying to make an honest living if only these dang zombies would leave her alone! I find it kind of ironic, since she doesn’t seem to have a lot of brains to tempt them.
If you would have asked me, I would have said, “Nothing makes me happier than a good tower defense flash game.” Well, now I have to amend that statement to, “Nothing makes me happier than a good PIRATE RELATED tower defense flash game!”
The game actually has nothing to do with pirates. I mean, the bad guys are pirates, but they could easily have been anything, even little green dots. But this is still a different take on the tower defense idea because instead of just towers, you have traps. So you have to build triggers for the traps so that they go off whenever a pirate steps on a trigger. You get bonus points for combos, for example, the pirate might step on a trigger next to a catapult, launching him through a bees nest and finally landing him next to some good old fashioned dynamite which would then blow up. Combo!
For the record though, I do not condone the killing of pirates in such a sneaky fashion; they should be killed in honest swashbuckling combat or by walking the plank, as god intended.
This isn’t really a game per say, but more like a test to see how good you are at eyeballing things. But it was still a lot of fun and as soon as I got done with it I wanted to try again. My score was 5.22 but I definitely think I could improve because I had like 2 that were way off for some reason and the messed up my average.
To be honest with you, this one seemed a lot harder than the first one and I didn’t actually finish it. It picks up where the other one left off, so there aren’t really any easy levels at the beginning to get you in the swing of things. Also, there are new kinds of crazy ice in this one right off the bat.
But, if you enjoyed the first one, there’s no reason you won’t enjoy the second one!
Shane Halbach 