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Desktop Blaster Review (Web)
June 15, 2009
What is Desktop Blaster? Well I think most of us by now have played the classic 80s arcade game, Asteroids either the original incarnation back in the day so to speak or more recently in one of the many arcade retro-style flash games that can be found on the Internet – this is the basic premise of Desktop Blaster, however with a slight twist!
Once you’ve installed this Adobe Air-based game (which takes less than a minute) and run it for the first time, you notice that it fills your screen with the classic recognisable Asteroids view of space, however something is slightly different! Instead of asteroids floating around, you need to fly your spaceship across the screen blasting icons from your desktop!
Continue reading »Match! – Super League Football Game
August 8, 2008
It’s been a while since I posted a new web-based game on the internet, so when I saw this one I thought it was very apt given the new football season is fast approaching.
MATCH magazine has come up with a new football game that coincides with their new season preview edition of their magazine – Match Super League web game. It’s certainly made me aware of them again, I remember buying this magazine on a regular basis as a kid, well having it bought for me of course!
The allows you to create your team including a name and kit colours and then get on with playing the game – this involves taking your chances at volleys, free kicks and penalties. The same goes for your opponents, so you need to try and save in their opposing attacks.
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