The Pencil Farm
I've been meaning to write about Samorost 2 since way back before it won Best Web Browser Game at the Independent Games Festival. If you haven't seen this game yet, I recommend you go check it out right now. You should be warned, however, that it may take a good 30 minutes to complete the first chapter, and it's incredible hard to stop playing once you start. There are a number of things that I think make this game really great:
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This morning I ran across the Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Drop Game. At first I was really worried that they had beaten me to my donut game, or at least created something with the same spirit. Fortunately, I was wrong.
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Yesterday I stumbled across this poster visually depicting the names of bands. I thought it would fun to play the game for a while, so I set out to find the game online, which I was sure must exist in interactive form. It was much harder to find than I thought. The Virgin Digital site only has static wallpaper imagesto download and no links to the actual game. I finally found the actual game on Heavy.com.
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I've begun noticing the small details in my favorite games that make me want to keep playing them. Here are a couple of my observations:
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The June issue (#111) of PSM featured an article titled "WARNING: Games are Under Attack!". The article presents the riduculous and irresponsible argument that buying used games will bring the industry to its knees.