AstroPop Rocks!!

I purchased a PopCap Games called AstroPop. It is as addictive as the come as well you can spend hours seeking to gain all the parts of the story as it is told from the perspective of the four main characters. It is your classic arcade puzzle game with a cool sci-fi storyline.

It is one of the few games that my wife actually plays. She actually beat me to the final game sequence. She much prefers a good book to a video game so that should tell you just how addictive the game is once you start playing. This is a game that you could play at anytime of the day. The game can be quit at any point and picked back up from the same place at another time on a subsequent computer login.

My seven year old love this game so much he is drawing new ships and characters for the "next" AstroPop game that he wants to "make". Looks like another generation of computer gamer is indeed well into its formation.

Still Playing after FIVE YEARS...

Slay is a strategy turn based game based upon a hexagonal board. It is increadibly simple in its play and I have been playing it for nearly FIVE YEARS... That classifies any game as addictive.
It has won a number of awards and if nothing else is worth buying as a stand alone game.

However, I would recommend buying the "Everything Windows" package for $40. Sean updates his games and adds new ones all the time. When he adds a new game to the "Everything Windows" package existing customers get the upgrade for get this... FREE! You cannot beat that price long-term. Download the package and see if there aren't at least three games in there that you will play for years to come. I know I still am!

Just Another Video Game Reviewer Blog... Oh joy of joys!

There are thousands of Video Game Reviews out there. Why on earth am I starting another one? Because almost all of them DO NOT review the types of games that I play. If you are looking for the review of the latest XBOX game or other console game you are in the wrong spot! I do not own a console nor do I plan on buying one anytime soon. That is not to say I have a problem with these types of games it is simply that I do not play them very often.

I mostly play casual games available on the PC. Those are games that are not normally sold in big retail chains.

If I am playing the game it is addictive and it likely it is thought intensive or mindless arcade action. The key word there is addictive. Perhaps not on the initial glance, because I have one that I initially disliked because the trial version was unwinalbe [yes, that is not a "real" word, I know it and you know it; but who cares you know what it means and so do I so keep reading and stop critiquing my spelling... ;) ] and frustrating. That game is called Slay and it was created by the independent video game designer extraordinaire, Sean O'Conner. He has several titles by the way and I will discuss them all; some good some average and others that are just not my style... See my next post for details.