Mar 282009
 

pwongNothing complicated going on here… take the old favourite, Pong, rotate the playing field and add loads of fuzzy glowing effects, a thumping soundtrack, some breakoutesque pickups and lots of balls.

If you drop a ball you lose points and take a step towards losing the game. If you get ’em past the computer-controlled paddle you win points and get to play for longer. 

It’s simple and fun and only marred by the eternal problem with Flash games: if, in your excitement, you mouse off the playing area you lose control and generally lose the game.

Play Pwong here: http://www.jgames.ch/jgames/play.php?id=204

Mar 242009
 
It might look pretty, but if the game's as dumb as the demo is...

It might look pretty, but if the game's as dumb as the demo is...

This is a short, annoyed review of the demo of the PC game, Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box (as found on the cover disc of PC Gamer #199).

I’m not really going to review the game itself. I did get as far as playing it but what I saw didn’t help overcome what I experienced up to that point, to whit:

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