Dassyutu 5

Dassyutu 5 is your regular Japanese escape the room style point'n'click game, i.e. just the sort of thing we like. I tried a google translation of the page and it actually works quite well, if you want to know more about these games [subbed by handyrman].

Entry 2812, Saturday, July 28th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(32%) • Comments(56)

The Semi-Official Adventures of Captain Helix

The Semi-Official Adventures of Captain Helix is a little arcade game with a big name and a sense of humour. The game is a tie-in to Hyperdrive, the BBC sci-fi comedy, much like Red Dwarf, but different (plus, it has Nick Frost of Shawn of the Dead fame in it). In the game your job is to un-zombify the zombified orphans, be careful not to shoot the orphans, and to finally let the orphans escape without becoming re-zombified. Phew. Use [W], [A] and [D] to move, and your mouse to aim and shoot your dezombification ray [subbed by Yvonne].

Entry 2811, Saturday, July 28th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(35%) • Comments(11)

Mouse Escape

Time for steady hands and nerves as you get your mouse under control for Mouse Escape [subbed by winniethepooh].

Entry 2809, Friday, July 27th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(36%) • Comments(26)

Wogger Mini 70

Wogger Mini goes platinum (if I have my anniversary metals/stones correct) with Wogger Mini 70 [subbed by some1, handyrman, Spanky McPipebomb & helpme].

Entry 2806, Thursday, July 26th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(50%) • Comments(27)

Mohinder's Office

First up - a warning - and this is going to upset some of you - but I think Mohinder's Office is one of those BBC games that they have restricted to UK only players. I could be wrong, and even if I'm right sometimes it doesn't work out where you are correctly anyway, so it's still worth a try even if you are outside the UK, but apologies from me up front if you can't get this one to work. It's also probably worth trying both the direct game link and the launch page.

Right anyway, so if you can play, what is this all about? Well it's a point'n'click exploration of Mohinder's Office from the TV show Heroes - the TV show that The BBC "discovered" by watching which shows, imported from the US, did well on obscure UK cable channels and then buying the rights for themselves. There are games to be found within the office, and more content is to be added over the coming weeks [subbed by Johnny Falcon].

Entry 2805, Thursday, July 26th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(52%) • Comments(46)

The Oculus

It's a slow day today, so maybe we've got some time to work out what The Oculus is all about... I'm a sucker for a spinning web thing. No doubt this will tell me more about what on earth is going on and what is being virally promoted, that's if I can stop staring at the spinning ball [subbed by Mike, Bluebear, Videocrazy, sonjita & jas].

Entry 2803, Thursday, July 26th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(38%) • Comments(40)

DayMare Town

Having clearly learnt the art of never sleeping, and staying up 24 hours a day to design quality point'n'click games, it's no wonder Murtaugh finds himself stuck in DayMare Town (I'm assuming a DayMare is very much like a Nightmare, but, er, during the day), as he must be ultra tired. Anyway, DayMare Town, the latest slice of point'n'click excellent, comes hot on the heels of Covert Front Chapter 1 and the Submachine Series, and I have itchy point'n'click fingers just thinking about it, so I'm off to play now...

You've played Submachine, You've played Covert Front, now it's time for something completely new and unforeseen.

DayMare Town

Sketchy outline-only drawings give a stranger look to the game-play and create a bit of minimal atmosphere. Add creepy sounds and twisted story and you get the picture.

DMT is the hardest puzzle game I've made so far. It's really nasty, so be warned. It's for advanced pnc gamers. There is no cliffhanger at the end, but just try to get to that end.

[subbed and created by Murtaugh].

Entry 2802, Wednesday, July 25th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(89%) • Comments(369)

Late For Work

In Late For Work you must escape the room as you are... wait for it... wait for it... Late For Work... ahhhhh... How does this work though? Hmmm... *thinks*... you ring your boss:

WorkShyGamer: Sorry, I can't come into work today as I'm stuck in my house which has inexplicably turned into a point'n'click adventure overnight.
Boss: Er.. ok... have you tried pressing [TAB]?
WorkShyGamer: Well I don't normally cheat, or anything like that, as my gaming skillz are so 1337, but I thought you would ask so I checked just in case and no it doesn't work on this one.
Boss: Well, try the waste paper basket then, there's always a clue there.
WorkShyGamer: Nope. Not in this game. I did that and all I saw was lots of Japanese text I didn't understand.
Boss: Dammit. I suppose you'll have to wait until someone posts a walkthru at lazylaces.com then...

[subbed by winniethepooh].

Entry 2801, Wednesday, July 25th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(36%) • Comments(56)

Heaven Walker

Heaven Walker is a strange point'n'click game where you walk amongst the clouds and see strange cloud creatures and birds along the way. Don't ask me what the goal of the game is though - even if I did understand Japanese I suspect this one might remain a mystery [subbed by winniethepooh].

Entry 2800, Wednesday, July 25th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(35%) • Comments(17)

Xeno Tactic

Feeding my latest gaming addiction Xeno Tactic is another defence style arcade game... er I mean strategy game - it's all about the tactics and it's not just blowing stuff up. Honest [subbed by Sanara].

Entry 2799, Wednesday, July 25th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(47%) • Comments(13)

Black Room 3: The Hotel

Black Room 3: The Hotel is the third in, what is now, a trilogy of escape the room type games. What is that hypnotic noise in the background though? It kind of reminds me of The Hypnotoad [subbed by vmklover].

Entry 2798, Tuesday, July 24th 2007, Filed In Games
Rating(21%) • Comments(64)

Onslaught

I'm quite enjoying these "defence" games (see Desktop TD), they quickly and easily fill up a little bit of free time. Onslaught is the latest, but probably not the last, that I've been sent. It looks a bit basic at first, but gets better as you get into it. It is let down by a lack of sound though [subbed by avs5221].