Top ten Flash games

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Swine flu may be pushing the human race towards oblivion, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all be ushered into extinction with a big, old smile on our collective faces. To that end, I present the ten Flash games I’ll be fiddling with when the devil comes knocking. And if these don’t satisfy, check out last year’s roundup for further delirium.

Scary Girl

Quite impossibly beautiful, Scary Girl is a tricky, wonderful platformer full of weirdness and imagination and joy. Which is a bit strange given you play a Tim Burton-inspired scary girl with an eye patch, a hook for a hand and a giant, talking cat for a best mate. Every single second of this is life-affirming, so I’m going to shut up and let you fall into its wonder.

Qwerty Warrior

Is it a touch-typing teacher, or a highly addictive, backs against the wall, Alamo-esque war romp? Brilliantly, it’s both. Learn to type, while saving the human race. Type words to destroy enemies. More enemies for a better score. A higher score for better looks, a happier life, and that street cred you’ve always wanted. Play this game, be a better person.

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First-aid Friday fun stuff

Friday, February 13th, 2009

If your Friday is beginning to feel like a long trudge up a slippy hill with rocks raining down on your head thrown by bureaucratic monkeys from towers, then our our sister site iGizmo could have just the half-time oranges to make the slog a little easier. They’ve got a horribly addictive quiz designed to test the mettle of even the most hardened tech geek.

The aim is simple: identify ten zoomed-in pics of technological bobbins in as short a time as possible. The winner will go on a leader board and be crowned Lord High Geek and brought tithes, tokens and offerings by his subjects. I made the last part up, but the quiz really is marvellous so I recommend you take a look-see.

Just so you’ve got something to aim for, I did it in 13.6 secs, which is to the top ten what Paula Radcliffe is to the Olympic medal positions.

If you’re still rooting around for fun Friday things to do, can I also point you towards our devastatingly good roundup of the top ten greatest Flash games, and Robokill – which is so good I might name my first child after it.

Enjoy your weekend.

Fantastic Contraption

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Yes, it’s Friday afternoon and it’s been a long week. I can offer up no other excuse for what I’m about to do to you, all I can suggest is that if you’re currently experiencing a particularly productive period at work you’d be advised not to read this blog post.

Still here? Good.

At one point yesterday one website occupied the screens of no fewer than nine journalists across Pro and our neighbours at MacUser (sorry guys). It’s called Fantastic Contraption and, I really can’t emphasise this warning enough, it’s more addictive than crack.

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Flashing with Pros

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I’ve just spent the greater part of this week writing a flash games roundup for the web, which you can find here. Not only is doing stuff like this and getting paid for it an utterly brilliant part of my job, but it also got me thinking.

And the first thing it made me thunk was this: everybody, no matter what they say, is a gamer.

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