http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright Justin Hoeger blogs about the games people play Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:04:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm pressed for time this week, so this one's short and sweet. Title: Dino Run Developed and published by: Pixeljam For: Web browsers ESRB rating: N/A In "Dino Run" you're a little dinosaur trying to escape the dino-apocalypse. Keep running right until you reach the end of each randomly generated stage. Eat things as you ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/10/10/free-game-friday-dino-run/ Hope you have your hazard suit handy, because this game’s totally rad … -ioactive! Nyuk, nyuk. Title: Fallout Developed by: Black Isle Studios Published by: Interplay For: Windows ESRB rating: Mature Available for free now on GameTap, “Fallout” is a role-playing game set in a future world totally devastated by nuclear war. You take on the ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/10/03/free-game-friday-fallout/ Remember when Star Wars was awesome? I do. As a teen I used to read all the book; I've seen the original movies a dozen times and more. Campy though they are in places, they're incredibly good popcorn movies. I even like the Ewoks. And though George Lucas tinkered overmuch with ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/10/02/the-force-is-weakening/ This week's free game is a creepy one. But that's OK, because we're nearing October, the month of Halloween horrors! Title: The Suffering For: PC Developed and published by: Midway Age rating: Mature A caveat first: "The Suffering" is the video game equivalent of a B horror movie, with all the blood and gore and ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/09/26/free-game-friday-the-suffering/ This week's freebie will totally "hook" you! Ha ha, get it? "Hook," as in the title. Ha! Anyway, the indie Web game "Gravity Hook" is about as simple to play as can be, and like so many simple games that only makes it harder. You're this little yellow guy. You use ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/09/19/free-game-friday-gravity-hook/ You might have heard of a game called "Alien Hominid." If you haven't, the short version is that it was a banner example of indie-game success, a Flash game on Newgrounds that grew into a PlayStation 2 and GameCube release by The Behemoth, and later into Alien Hominid HD on ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/09/12/free-game-friday-two-for-one/   You may have heard of a game called Galactic Civilizations II. If not, you're about to. Lucky you! GalCiv II is this monstrously complex and deeply involving strategy game from Stardock that has you shepherding a  race into colonizing the galaxy and hopefully becoming the dominant race in space. It's a ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/09/08/conquering-the-universe-with-rabbits/ The details are inconsequential, but events have conspired such that today's Free Game Friday is once again a Failday. Sorry, folks! I'll make it up to you whenever I can.ShareThis http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/09/05/darn/ As promised, here are this week's two games, both of which hinge on the same concepts: invulnerability and explosions.   Title: Boombot For: Web browsers Developer: Kaiparasoft Publisher: Ninja Kiwi Age rating: N/A First up is Boombot, in which you have a limited number of bombs with which to propel a cute little indestructible robot to the ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/08/29/free-game-friday-times-two/ "The Dark Knight," with its hundreds of millions of dollars in box-office monies, is easily the hit of the summer. And don't think the suits at Warner Bros. and DC haven't taken notice! Displeased with the lukewarm reception for Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" a couple summers ago, Warner Bros. has decided ... http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/updownleftright/2008/08/25/from-the-missing-the-point-dept-building-a-darker-superman/