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My Sims

Some new My Sims videos have been released and the game is looking mighty fine.
I love the super deformed art style they are using, it’s much more expressive than the more realistic style being used before which I always found to be a little creepy. The game also appears to be looking to trade on […]

Machine Hell - Free Shooter (today only)

Once again, I’m recommending a game from game from Game Giveaway of the Day. It’s a vertical scrolling shooter called Machine Hell and it’s played in overhead 3D-style like the Airstrike games that we’ve reviewed.
Remember you can only download and install it today for free, so hurry!

Top 20 Freeware Shoot ‘em Ups of 2006

Independent Gaming has finished their latest list: Top 20 Freeware Shmups of 2006. This is a great list with hours of fun and some nice varied games, many of which were from competitions like the recent Shmup-Dev Autofire competition. The page also contains some previous top 10s: Top 10 Arena Shooters 2006 and […]

“Name That Game” Quiz

Found a “Name That Game” quiz on a Blitz forum post. It’s actually pretty hard unless you played a lot of early Atari and arcade games - so probably you are 30-something and male if you score well in this. I didnt do too well even though I fit the demographic because I […]

Shoot ‘em up radio

Just read about a shoot ‘em up radio station on the2bears.com (click pop ‘em up then click the little play button at the top). At first I thought that it might be someone talking about shoot ‘em ups or reviewing them or something but it’s actually music from classic shoot ‘em up games. […]

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