A Green Mushroom

Race the Sun This seems like a perfect palette cleanser game.  In it, you race toward the sun in your solar powered flyer and see how far you can make it.  Either the sun will set or you will crash into something. I had a lot of fun just relaxing with this game.  I think that's key, this game is relaxing.  It's a laid back challenge and it's easy to tell yourself you'll play "just one more round" over and over.  This one is going into my favorites.  I will most likely never play Race the Sun for more than ten minutes at a time, but I can see myself playing it in little breaks between other activities very often. Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy This is an update and a reskin of Half Minute Hero, which I have already played on PS Vita .  It was a good game then and it's a good game now but I don't want to replay the whole thing.  I'm not a fan of the controls on the PC either, it controlled much better on console. ...

Night Sky You are a sphere.  You roll around.  The world is detailed in black with some basic background colors.  Sometimes the controls do weird things.  That's my general summary of Night Sky. It's a strange little platformer.  I tried it for a bit, but if I want a platformer there are many other games that are much better.  I won't be coming back to this one. Nuclear Throne Nuclear Throne is an early access game by Vlambeer.  It's an overhead action shooter with pixel graphics.  It's set in a post apocalyptic world and you get your choice of mutant creature you want to play as.  Each one has a unique mutant power. WASD moves your character.  The mouse aims and shoots.  I really wanted to use a controller to play this game, but it doesn't seem to be supported at the moment.  Maybe that will change as early access progresses. It's an ok action game right now.  It's a roguelike, which doesn't typically...

Solforge This is a game that I kickstarted a long time ago.  I played it for a while in beta and thought it still needed work.  This is my first time revisiting it since its full release. The game doesn't feel much different than beta.  It's a lane based digital card game.  There is no mana, instead you get to play two cards every turn no matter what.  You start the game with all level 1 cards and each time you use a level 1 card it is replaced in your deck with a level 2 version of the card.  If you use a level 2 version it gets replaced by a level 3. The game becomes about balancing which cards you want to play.  Should you play the cards that are good for your current situation or should you play cards that are weak now but will cause awesome upper level cards to get into your deck for later use?  It's an interesting balance. Although I like the game and I helped kickstart it, I'm deleting it off my hard drive.  If I want to pl...

Happy New Year everyone! I know a lot of gaming sites and blogs have been doing top games of the year lists lately.  Honestly, I wasn't overly impressed by many of the games that came out this year.  I had fun with a bunch, but none of them truly wowed me. My top gaming experience of the year is Final Fantasy.  I've been playing through the whole Final Fantasy series and having a blast.  I've had more fun with the Final Fantasy series than any other game or series I've played this year. If I had to pick a top game of the year it would be Bravely Default.  It came out early in the year, but it tied in perfectly with my Final Fantasy games.  Bravely Default is an amazing RPG on 3DS created by the same developer who makes Final Fantasy.  The Final Fantasy lineage definitely shows while playing the game.  I played all the way through to the true ending of the game and loved all my time with it.  I'm super excited for the sequel! I'm hopi...

Crypt of the Necrodancer Within minutes of starting this game I knew it was going into my favorites.  I love a good rhythm game, especially if it has a unique twist.  This one definitely does. You're trapped in a crypt and have to do all of your dungeon crawling actions to the beat.  It sounds difficult and like it wouldn't work, but it does.  It's so much fun.  You need to see it in action. It's still in early access at the moment but I can see myself putting a lot of time into this game as it develops further.  It's going into my favorites so I can play it regularly. KickBeat Another rhythm game.  This time I was much less impressed. It's not doing anything unique, it's just skinned to look interesting.  Your character attacks enemies to the beat using martial arts moves.  It looks kind of cool for the first few minutes but that's it. This could easily have a different look and feel but be the exact same rhythm game. ...

X3: Reunion After playing Zero Suit games last night I thought I would keep the space game theme and try X3: Reunion.  I was very disappointed. After struggling with the controls for a good ten minutes I finally got my ship moving in the direction I wanted.  There was no tutorial to speak of, so that consisted of me digging around in the controls menu to figure it out. Then I started flying around and there was nothing interesting to do.  There were some warp gates to fly through, but they took forever to reach.  It was the most boring half hour I've ever spent with a space game.  I do not recommend it. Flotilla Next I moved on to Flotilla.  It's an RTS game with skirmishes between flotillas of ships.  I like the idea behind the game a lot and the simple aesthetics appeal to me too. I didn't actually enjoy the gameplay.  It's not Flotilla's fault, it seems like a really solid 3D plane RTS.  I just don't enjoy managing my ...

Dino D-Day You can be a dinosaur with a gun strapped to its back!  I could tell you more about the game... but really, do you need anything more than that? If you do, I'm somewhat disappointed in you.  This game is $0.99 on Steam right now.  You get to fight in a multiplayer battle of axis vs allies with multiple classes on each side.  At first glance it's like a lot of other multiplayer shooters... but then you realize both sides has dinosaurs.  It's amazing. My friend Professor Beej got this game for me and I'm so thankful for it.  This game is going into my favorites list right next to my other evergreen games.  You should get it.  Why are you waiting?  Seriously. Strike Suit Zero This is a pretty good spaceship dog fighting game.  It has controls that are easy to pick up and work fairly well with a mouse and keyboard.  There's a nice variety of ships and weapon configurations. The story campaign held my interes...