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Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Caribbean Admiral is the Life for You if You Enjoy Ruining the Pirates’ Life

05/09/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

People are always talking about how cool being a pirate would be, but on paper the pirate lifestyle is chock full of jerk-centic behavior. While some people don’t mind taking what the want, when they want it, there are those that like the sensation of both high seas adventure and moral righteousness. If you happen to be the latter, Caribbean Admiral is the game for you. You take on the role of the anti-pirate; an admiral tasked with ridding the waters [...]

Hey! Play! Drop by Notch’s Ceiling

Notch may be hitting his head against the wall with trying to make 0x10c fun to play, but apparently he’s at least bashing his head to some sort of beat. At least that’s where I’m guessing his random rhythmic typing game, Drop, came from. The goal is simple, letters fly at the screen in step with the beat of the music while the background image twists into mezmerizing shapes. If a letter makes it off the screen, you lose. Repeat. [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Lazerman has a Laser Fueled Head

03/28/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

Should one judge the game Lazerman merely by looking at the art above, they’d more than likely think that Lazerman was but a cheap Mega Man ripoff in the guise of a browser game. While the over-sized head and helmet do strike an uncanny resemblance to the legendary “Blue Bomber”, the similarities end there. Somehow, the game’s protagonist got involved with a weird experiment that left him with nothing but a head and the ability to propel himself around via laser beam. Because the aforementioned experiment [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Cleansing Can Be Good or Super Bad

03/07/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

Throughout time, gamers have had numerous opportunities to take control of horrifying beasts and run around doing things that horrible beasts tend to do. We’ve been indoctrinated to believe that once given the reigns of monsters, we should go on rampages and destroy everything in our paths, never once considering that perhaps we have a choice in the matter. Cleansing, a game by Newgrounds artist aeveis (Dan Lin) challenges us to reconsider our place on the moral spectrum when wearing a crisp new pair [...]

Hey! Play! Bombermine is 1,000 Player Bomberman

There have been a surprising number of new Bomberman games this generation, but everyone has their favorite classic version to point to. Honestly, I thought the series peaked with 4 players until I got into a few awesome 8 player matches. So maybe more is better, or at least worth trying for free. Bombermine is a free Flash Bomberman-clone that puts 1,000 players in the same game. Same rules, bigger maze. The game is in beta right now and ready [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: 400 Years is Worth the Wait

02/07/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

When it comes to gaming, being forced to wait is a sure-fire way to completely lose interest in whatever task your digital alter ego has in front of them. When a developer can make the act of waiting interesting, however, then something peculiar happens to the impatient gamer; they learn patience. That is what 400 years is all about. 400 Years tells the story of a creature that looks a lot like one of those Easter Island statues. It comes [...]

Hey! Play! The Best Part of Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting in a Browser

Let’s face it, the main reason I’ve been trying to talk people into playing The Secret of Monkey Island ever since it came out is so that they can play one of my favorite sequences in video games – Insult Swordfighting. Now, there’s no longer the hindrance of playing the great game around it as a browser version of the insult swordfighting scenes from Monkey Island 1 and 3 is now available. It’s a truly educational experience on the nuances [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Exploring The Dungeons of Red Rogue with a Boney Pal

12/06/2012
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

Anytime I see the word, red, I think of blood. Anytime I see the word, rogue, I think of the roguelike genre of games. The game Red Rogue happens to be a roguelike game that has blood in it, so it turns out my intuition isn’t quite as warped as I thought it was. Because of this, I gave Red Rogue the old college try which like in my real university experience involved struggling with difficult obstacles, consuming strange things that might possibly [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Soulcaster Gets Its Browser On

11/15/2012
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

Soulcaster has been available in the Xbox Live Indie Games for quite some time, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that Ian Stocker of MagicalTimeBean studios had recently made it available to the masses via your friendly neighborhood internet browser. Despite already playing it on my Xbox, I felt the need to take another stab at the semi-tower defense puzzler to see whether its transition held up. In short, it did. Soulcaster is all about team work, so you know I’m all over [...]

Cheap and Dirty Gamer: Sumotori Dreams of Pants Soaking Laughter

11/08/2012
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

So I might be stretching the word “game” a bit when speaking in reference to Sumotori Dreams. Perhaps drunken push fight simulator would be a more appropriate term, though that shouldn’t take away from the fact that it was still one of the most enjoyable moments I’ve had with interactive media in the last few weeks. For anyone who watched the aftermath of this week’s podcast, you know I’m not exaggerating. I guess you could consider this a combat game, [...]