A Gaming Diary
Archive for September, 2009
Ow My Balls! (iPhone)
Sep 1st
Yes, it’s called Ow My Balls!
It’s a simple mini-game, in which you kick a poor chap in the balls and then use his, er, fart power to direct him into obstacles, gaining points by injuring him further. I have no idea what he could have done to deserve this.
It’s a bit like a 2D version of the PS3′s Pain… sort of.
Anyway, it’s got Achievements, Twitter integration, all that sort of stuff. I’m really far too old to find it OMG HILARIOUS!!!!, but there’s a genius feature where you can replace the built-in sound samples with your own voice, which does make it quite a lot funnier.
All in all, it’s actually quite good fun and I played it a fair bit, despite myself. There’s no way I’d pay for it, mind.
Zombie City (iPhone)
Sep 1st
Good job this was free.
It’s a castle defense flick-fest and, if you’ve been paying attention, you know I don’t get on with those.
It might be half-decent, though in the five or six levels I played variety was sorely lacking, but it’s just not for me, even though it’s got zombies in it.
2079 (iPhone)
Sep 1st
Another freebie.
It’s a bit Geometry Wars, which is no bad thing.
There’s an arena, you move around by tilting and fire using a virtual pad, which works very well. Enemies pop up, you shoot them dead.
I didn’t spend much time with this, but it seems like decent fun.
And then there’s the hidden Cube level, which I actually managed to find before the main game. It’s the same as before, but you play on a spinning cube. It completely messes with your head, in a good way, and if the game’s still free I think you should download this just to try it.
(Hint: view the credits.)
Star Catch (iPhone)
Sep 1st
Downloaded this for free over the weekend, one of four free games I grabbed. With that many new games downloaded (as well as two I paid for) some of them slipped through the net a bit.
I did manage a couple of games of Star Catch, though. It’s very simple. Stars float around the screen, you have to draw a line around ones of the same colour to capture them. When there are catchable no stars left, the level is completed and you move on to the next, which may introduce more stars, new colours or just give you less time.
The presentation is very indie, the random nature of the game means it can be hard to actually get groups of stars, but it’s really not a bad little game at all.
Alive 4-ever (iPhone)
Sep 1st
Ah, what would a zombie game be without zombie dogs?
Well, pretty much every zombie game except Resident Evil.
But this game does has zombie dogs.
You have to shoot them.
Um, I don’t have much to say about this that I’ve not already said.
I still think it’s very good.
Mr.AahH!! (iPhone)
Sep 1st
Played a little bit of this over the weekend, not as much as I’d expected. But that’s down to Orbital, which I’ll be blogging about later.
I did get my second best score of all time, though. That was nice.
Puzzlings (iPhone)
Sep 1st
I’ve found a difficult stage!
Not difficult to finish, I managed that first time, but difficult to get all the items from. I managed to get everything from the stage before it, and the one after it, but this one stage is taking me far longer than it should, so I’m not getting the speed bonus.
