I’ve just added 8bitstange.com to the list of my webcomic/gaming sites. It now sits proudly alongside Order of the Stick, xkcd and Penny Arcade to name but a few. Why have I done this? Well, 8 bit strange is a new site set up by an animator called Greg Kaperski which currently contains 2 episodes
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Looks like our beloved National Health Service has come over all hip and down wid da cool kidz. Or they’re trying to anyway. The NHS has teamed up with MochiMedia and launched an online flash game to promote STD awareness by shooting chlamydia-carrying rabbits as they shag their way around the mean back streets of
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If you’re into web games, have a look at UK-based Doof. Web browser games aren’t really my thing – I find them too repetitive and mechanistic – but Doof is pretty slick-looking so I had a bit of a poke around. It’s basically a collection of web games with a flashy interface and some social
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Have you heard about the Miss Video Game 2007 competition? It’s a competition claiming to “To assist in the proliferation of females in gaming genres of all types and to help raise awareness of the female gaming audience among game publishers and advertisers” by showcasing photos of women who “don’t mind video games”. It’s also
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I found this mildly entertaining flash game, based on Warcraft 3′s Element Tower Defence and Starcraft’s Turrent Defence. I haven’t played either of those so I have no idea how this compares but it’s a good diversion. It’s pretty simple. Place towers, wait for invaders, watch towers hit invaders with variously coloured-blobs, upgrade towers for
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I found web-based Flash game Murloc RPG at XGenStudios, who also host Defend Your Castle. Apparently Gamer Disclaimer is a bit of a World of Warcraft fan. Rather than hoping for Blizzard to make Murlocs into a playable race, (s)he decided to write (her/)his own 5MB flash game. It was featured in the WoW Community
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Age Rating: Unrated. Probably a 7+. What is it? Single-player 2D pool with time limits and crazy things you should avoid or hit to make things interesting. Is it fun? Yes. Strangely addictive. Is it worth the money? Free! Yes, but only coz it’s free.
Age Rating: 12+ (no rating listed on website, we’re just guessing based on ratings descriptions) What is it? Flash-based clay pigeon shooting, kitten style! Is it fun? Oh, yes…every bloody minute of it (unless you’re a kitten lover and then you’ll hate it and think it’s a really sick game). Is it worth the money?
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Cute but evil Flash-based animated game. Stickmen and blood included. Rated Teens+.
