A Green Mushroom

 Image unrelated yet awesome After another long week I feel like I can barely string a few thoughts together, so I'm just going to ramble for a bit about my impressions of the games I'm currently playing. I beat Portal 2 today and loved it.  The humor was even better than the first game and the last boss fight left me amazed.  I'm now working through co-op with my brother.  Co-op is a fun change of pace, but for me the meat of the game seems to have been in the single player campaign.  I might play through it again for the developer commentary.  All this being said, if you don't feel a huge itch to play it right now, Portal 2 will still be a great game when Steam decides to do a giant discount on it.  You know it will happen, it's simply a matter of time. I'm once again really into StarCraft 2.  It's my main fallback game, but lately it has just been my game of choice.  I've been watching streams and tournaments on top of actually pla...

Tiny Wings is about momentum, reaction time, flying, and an adorable bird all at the same time.  It's a fun experience and it only takes one button to play.  Well, one touch at any rate. In Tiny Wings the world is made up of islands and each of these islands has a series of hills on it.  Your goal is to help the bird cross as many islands as possible in one day.  With a touch of the screen the bird folds his wings and gains momentum downhill.  When you release your touch the bird flaps his wings and tries his best to soar majestically with the momentum he's gained. Stringing together hill jumps makes the bird go exponentially higher and farther.  It's a simple gameplay mechanic that I can't seem to get enough of.  The sense of accomplishment I get from executing jumps successfully is amazing. The game not only has cute graphics, but they're procedurally generated too.  The hills and islands change colors and designs every day.  That's...