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Fig. 8

jimsquires — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:24:04 -0600

Browser-based bicycle rides are few and far between nowadays. Maybe that's the reason Fig. 8 makes us smile so much. Its playful title serves as something of a double entendre, referring to the manoeuvring of the bicycle as easily as it does to the landscape on which you'll be cycling. Rather than riding through picturesque scenery and charming country roads, Fig. 8 will have you cycling through technical schematics on an endless sheet of paper.

Icycle

erin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:07:42 -0600

Coming out of stasis only to find the world has been destroyed in an all-out nuclear conflict sounds like just about the worst day anybody could have. But coming out of stasis to discover this in winter, completely naked, with nothing but a much-too-tiny bicycle to save you? That's worse. Icycle has you guiding a very chilly, very nude man on a teensy little bicycle across some terrifying terrain in an icy cold future.

Icycle is a simple game about careful navigation. Each of the games 8 stages provides a dangerous winter landscape full of sharp patches of ice and endless cliffs to tumble over. You objective is to make sure the man and his bike get to the end of each level unscathed.

Number Ninjas

erin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:13:59 -0600

If you grew up at just the right time in the 1980's, you no doubt remember sitting around the one lone computer in your fourth grade classroom, waiting for your turn to play Reader Rabbit or Math Blasters. Now, thanks to developer Peter Groeneweg, all the fun of edutainment is back! Unlike the 80's though, this time we mean it. Number Ninjas is fun, educational, and puts out math skills to the test.

Nudge

erin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:58:29 -0600

Nudge might look like he's all big arms and brute strength, but deep down inside he's just a monster with a kind-hearted soul. Nudge just wants to make sure the poor little balloon finds its way to the exit, and he'll use his muscles to make sure that he can move any obstacles out of the balloons way. But he'll need more than just muscles -- he'll need brains too.

Gretel & Hansel

erin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:13:08 -0600

Wicked stepmothers have been a part of fairy tales for as long as anybody can remember, but none were as wicked as Hansel and Gretel's. Convincing her husband to abandon their young children in the woods was a dastardly deed, and now you can fill the shoes of young Gretel and try to set things right! Gretel & Hansel is a free browser-based point-and-click adventure that embraces charming visuals and simple gameplay, and even throws in a few twists for gamers with a bit of a mean streak.

Waker

erin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:35:25 -0600

In the world of Waker, all of our dreams are a path to the stars and back. Sometimes these paths are broken and the dreamers sleep forever. It's up to you, a Waker, to fix these paths so that the dreamers can once again awaken from their slumber. It sounds like a terrific story in a beautiful world of sleep, but between the mundane presentation and terrible gameplay, Waker was one dream we were dying to wake up from.

Cave Chaos

erin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:33 -0500

Spelunking can be a dangerous past time, but spelunking in a cave where there's no immediate path in any direction? That's chaos! Cave Chaos takes a browser-based approach to the world of cavern exploration and it embraces the panicked excitement that its developer Nitrome is known for. Caves and caverns have long been a staple environment in the world of gaming, which makes it doubly refreshing to see such a fun new take on these surroundings.

Now Boarding: Episode 1

erin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:01:20 -0500

Managing a small airport is no easy task, so why not see if you're up to the challenge? Turn around a struggling airport by mapping flight plans, opening new routes, buying bigger planes, and making sure all of your customers stay happy in an attempt to turn around the business woes of a little airport with a lot of personality.

Graveyard Shift

erin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:27:56 -0500

Halloween is the time of year when all the ghouls and goblins come out to play, but where can we turn when we want to play games with all the goblins and ghouls? Thanks to flash developer Nitrome the answer can be found without ever having to leave your browser. Graveyard Shift puts you in charge of a one man Halloween death squad, and we can honestly say that doing battle with the things that go bump in the night has rarely been this much fun.

Swordless Ninja

erin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:40:55 -0500

Running. Jumping. Rescuing the princess. It's a formula that we've seen time and again in 2D platform gaming. Super Mario Bros. first did it back in 1985, and thousands of imitators have tried to re-capture that glory since. Now a well-polished pretender to the throne is available for free in your browser. But is Swordless Ninja different enough to set itself apart in a world of Mario-clones 25 years deep?