What would you say if I told you, you could play an online MMOFPS (massively- multiplayer online first person shooter) for free! Well now you can, Combat Arms is a free online MMOFPS brought to you by NEXON. You're basically playing a clone of Counter Strike with added features such as customizable weapons and outfits. The main focus for this is to get you into clans. It's beneficial to your survival and to your rank to work as a team and form a clan to work with. This feature actually works well if you get a group of guys together to play. But playing solo isn't so bad either. Just because you can't find any friends to play with doesn't mean you will get owned on a daily basis in this title. You will have to work your ass off in order to get higher up in the ranks and such but hey imagine how good of a sniper you will be after all that playing.
Imagine if someone revamped the way you played Pac-Man. Now imagine that this game used the exact same premise that Pac-Man used but changed up a lot of the basics. No grid, no standardized pellets but you move about eating things while trying not to be eaten yourself. This is the premise of Eat'em Robots. Your goal is to pick up batteries while not being touched by evil robots and collecting a blue battery will enable you to eat the robots for a short amount of time. Sound familiar? Its essentialy Pac-Man, in robot form.
The Strong Bad video game quintuplegy got off with a Coach Z starter gun bang last month with the very excellent first episode, Homestar Ruiner. Of course the problem with a strong start are high, sometimes unrealistic, expectations which are never easy to meet once the new game smell of the original has worn off. It's a problem seen not just in games but in other mediums as well. You know you never looked at Neo, Trinity and Morpheus the same after the first Matrix movie and chances are if you ever bumped into George Lucas, you'd ask him if he lost his mind after the first three Star Wars films.
But judging from the second episode of "Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People," the creative team from Homestar Runner won't suffer from a sophomore slump. In fact this episode, Strong Badia the Free, is even better than the first with a stronger storyline, cleaner dialogue and even more great one-liners.
Old school gamers have a chance to relive their early gaming moments beginning this week. A popular point and click adventure title from more than 15 years ago is making a comeback this month with AGD Interactive's release of the classic Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire. This remake of the 1990 Sierra title includes completely updated graphics, a revamped combat system, and best of all, it's free.
The developer seems to be targeting fans of the original but for those unfamiliar with the game; puzzles and multiple adventure elements are at the heart of this title.
Starting with a remake of the second game in the series seems like an odd decision, but the first Quest for Glory was already remade, albeit in 1992.
The first episode of "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" is out and recently GamePro had a brief conversation with Homestar Runner writer, animator and voice actor Matt Chapman.
GP: What about point and click games do you think makes them more conducive to humor?
Matt Chapman: I think inventory puzzles and especially dialog puzzles have way more opportunities for humor than, say, a kart game or a platformer or a FPS. Most games can only squeeze the funny in through cutscenes or the humor is just dressing over some other kind of game. But it's easier to make jokes when pretty much every thing or person you click on yields some kind of response. In a FPS there can just be funny billboards in the background.
Its difficult to type while wearing boxing gloves but somehow Strong Bad, the most popular character on the Flash animated internet cartoon Homestar Runner, does it with flair. Fans of the site typically only get to be viewers of HR's unique brand of humor but now, with today's PC and Wii release of the first episode of "Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People", they finally get to be active participants. Does Homestar Runner's transition from web cartoon to video game work? Let's put it this way, after playing this title you'll be lining up to the right to personally give the lucha libre mask wearer some high fives.
American McGee's Grimm is not your mother's fairy tale story. It basically takes the Mother Goose concept and pisses all over it, literally. Those sweet tales with their happily ever after are stripped of all that is good and replaced with something evil.
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Online entertainment company KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc announced the successful completion of closed beta testing for virtual world Wizard101. The final beta testing phase has now been opened to the general public at www.wizard101.com. Wizard101, which emphasizes magical adventure and card-collecting in an online 3D world of Wizards, is expected to officially launch within the next month.
And its about frickin' time - Starting Monday the 11th gamers can finally get their hands on the first episode of "Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People". The first of five monthly episodes, Homestar Ruiner, will be available on the Wii and PC.
If you're not familiar with the series, you owe it to yourself to head to Homestar Runner immediately. Snuggle up and get acquainted, you won't be sorry. Look for the review Monday.
In the meantime, check out the details on Monday's release.
They may not have as many features or be as technologically advanced but a great Flash game can be just as entertaining and addictive as a full fledged console or PC title. Best of all, they're free and can be played right in your browser, making them a great way to pass the time at work or in class (just don't let your boss or teachers catch you). So we scoured the Internet and found ten notable Flash games that every gamer should keep handy. Just make sure you don't have anything productive you have to do before you start them up. And once you've played these, search around because these are plenty more amazing Flash games out there.
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- Combat Arms: Review
- What would you say if I told you, you could play an online MMOFPS (massively- multiplayer online first person shooter) for free! Well now you can, Combat Arms is a free online MMOFPS brought to you by NEXON. You're basically playing a clone of Counter Strike with added features such as customizable weapons and outfits. The main focus for this is to get you into clans. It's beneficial to your survival and to your rank to work as a team and form a clan to work with. This feature actually works well if you get a group of guys together to play. But playing solo isn't so bad either. Just because you can't find any friends to play with doesn't mean you will get owned on a daily basis in this title. You will have to work your ass off in order to get higher up in the ranks and such but hey imagine how good of a sniper you will be after all that playing.
- http://www.gameproarcade.com/article/104126/combat-arms-review/
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