The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part One: #106 - AKA the 26 games that got one vote and five points

2010 saw the full blossom of the iPhone as a gaming machine and the "every man a gamer" explosion that we were warned the casual game would lead to. We saw the madness of crowds lead to motion gaming devices on all major home systems. It was the last full year of the DS as the dominant handheld. There was a narrowing of the playing field in sales for the big three and a resurgence of downloadable PC games both old and new thanks to Steam and GOG. The watchword, perhaps even more than usual, was "diversity"; the market is broad enough now to support a breadth of styles and approaches to game making and playing that would have been virtually unimaginable even five years ago.

Coint and Plick offers a peek into the mind of a cross-section of Joe Average gamers; thirty-nine guys (mostly) and gals from their teens into their forties who still enjoy a good orc rampage/brick busting/mecha flight/historical sim/plastic guitar concert. Far from giving the reader a definitive "top ten", Coint and Plick aims to offer a chance for the busy and broke gamer to acquaint him/herself with potential missed highlights. Every one of these games made someone's year end list and every one has something unique and meaningful to offer. My goal is to create a time capsule that we can refer back to when we want to remember what we were playing in that long ago year of 2010.

This poll was taken in Pazz and Jop style vote/point format: all voters had 100 points to divide among any ten games released in 2009. The maximum number of points each entry could receive was no more than thirty. In the end, 132 games were nominated. Rather than just peel off the top half, I’ve opted to list everything that got a vote here, along with a bevy of links, images and YouTubes of note to help introduce you to the games in question. In case of a tie breaker, I went by number of people who voted for a game first and number of people who listed the game as their #1 of the year second.

Bear in mind that not every voter used the full amount of points they had at their disposal, so the numbers don’t crunch exactly. User comments for these games come from individual ballots as well as from past posts on ILX or across the web; I’ve done a bit of editing to streamline but I’ve made every effort to maintain your meaning. My apologies if you feel misquoted; feel free to correct me on this thread.

I’ll be striving to list roughly three to four entries per day over the next two months. It's gonna be a long unveiling so get comfortable.

The inimitable jamescobo has taken it upon himself to immortalize this work on a lovely wordpress blog elsewhere on the web, so hie you there to look at past incarnations of the poll and the current one as it unfolds: http://cointandplick.wordpress.com/

To kick it off, here’s the first few low men on the totem pole: the games that got the bare minimum of five points and a single ballot cast in their favor.

#:106: Achievement Unlocked – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote - FREE
Official Game Site

http://www.webhostgames.com/stock_games/a/achievement_unlocked_2/small.jpg

Complete walkthru

http://www.leetgamesblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/achievement_unlocked_2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LgBVJ700hY

jmtb02 interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uroudETR550

Euler: I spent a happy hour or so maxing out and feeling self-conscious about how I have been known to do dumb, unfun things to get achievements. So I guess the meta paid off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8oA8tmwZk

Play it at Armor Games

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/achievement_unlocked_2.jpg

#106: Bit.Trip.Beat – Wii/PC/Mac/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://kingrex32.webs.com/bit_trip_beat_wii_Ware.jpg

Pop Matters Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Pl4sPurck

Buy the Soundtrack for six bucks

http://www.shacknews.com/images/generated/4c936cf06f9b3_featured_without_text_15896_4c936ce522c23.jpg

Nhex: Simply seizure inducing. I'm hungry for more games like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6cjZF7m6fU

Edge Review

http://myph.us/pics/98043_bit2.jpg

Zappi: One of the most frustratingly difficult games ever, but somehow i love it. It’s like a pong version of Rez.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdMiXcjUZmY

Metacritic

http://www.zacharyreese.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bittrip01.gif

Bit.Trip.Beat for the TI-84 Graphing Calculator

#106: Chaos Rings – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUqYAdTOPOU

http://img.slidetoplay.com/screenshots/chaos-rings-ipad-game-hands-on-video_1.jpg

NY Times Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HxYHI0t7SU

http://www.whatmobile.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chaos-rings_2.jpg

Among the highest rated Metacritic games of all time

http://www.whatmobile.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chaos-rings_1.jpg

http://www.officialstrategyguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Chaos-Rings-1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vi_BaN8fgM

Jim D: It's not really the full RPG it claims to be. It's story light, combat heavy and innovation free, but that all works in its favor when you're playing in 10 minute chunks. The battles are just tactically engaging enough to stay interesting and it all looks perfectly lovely.

http://admintell.napco.com/ee/images/uploads/appletell/Chaos_Rings_for_iPad_Screen2.PNG

nice presentation forks!

cool, glad this is getting underway. my first year to vote! and none of my games will be #106, i split 100 pts among 5 games O_O

same, i actually tried to give 100 points to one game but the tyrant known as forks made it known that that wouldnt fly

Wow, Bit Trip Beat looks great fun, and I didn't realise it had been released on iphone. So this poll has already cost me 59p.

Excited! Looking forward to this, and also looking forward to going home where I can turn images and youtubes on and see it in its full glory

good jobs forks! shall read this when i finally get internet at home, as at work i can't see images or Utube dammit.

Yay! So happy to see this kick off. Thanks forks!

ooh, a second Achievement Unlocked? There goes my afternoon....

huzzah!!!

speaking of bit.trip, the newest version's trailer just came out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEYW9SSWlJk

That achievement unlocked cheat really misses the point of the game

It was Achievement Unlocked 2, no?

I need to keep a better eye on the flash games thread b/c for time/enjoyment ratio maximizing those games are aces.

Yeah, but what does it let you do? Get more coins a few seconds earlier?

You mean compared to the first one? I have no idea, I only played the second one (no cheats afaik)

I'm referring to the YouTube vid forks posted.

ok watched the vid & don't understand the glitch; enjoying my 10 gamerpoints for watching though.

finally! i realize now that i'm probably gonna buy just about every iphone game on this list

awesome! good work, forks!

how many people have played Chaos Rings? It really piques my interest that Square is "getting in the ring" on the iphone platform.

i loved achievement unlocked 2 (which all those shots are from), especially for the meta ending. never played AU1.

Both Achievement Unlocked games are awesome.

ftr, I loved Achievement Unlocked (1 and 2) and I think it was on an early version of my ballot before it had to make room for more substantial games. But as a one to two hour diversion it's classic. (esp the hot coffee secret unlock scene.) Also curious about Chaos Rings but I keep waiting for the price to go down. $12 feels too much to me for an iPhone game.

sad that bit trip beat won't work on my poxy iphone 3gs.

Yeah, I think I'm the only person (at least in these parts) who played Chaos Rings, despite much evangelising. It's easily worth $12.

$12 tho! Is the story good?

Well, no, the overall story isn't - it's really short and very generic. But the cute touch in the writing is the fact that as you play through, you interact with other characters who later become playable themselves, so you get to see their personal character stories (which are much more interesting that the larger plot) both externally and internally. It works quite nicely. But that's still all incidental to the combat: in a sense it feels like square's attempt at a roguelike.

I'm actually somewhat intrigued by that, but would rather hope for a Mac/PC port

#106: Cut The Rope – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/xqDY/app-day-cut-the-rope-0.jpg?20101014-145406

Walkthrough

Ledge: It’s a pretty bog standard puzzle game imo, far too dependent on timing and chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1gf5UdYHwg

CNet Review

1 million sold in ten days, 2 million in three weeks

http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cut-the-rope.jpg

a hoy hoy : Cut the rope is terrific and also incredibly incredibly frustrating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OCzpjvmyrg

Zero Punctuation Review (sorta)

http://viprasys.org/xfs/image/direct/GALCH4ygTZ/99657169b281791a25cd8907deed26f7.png

poop: How do you get a goth out of a tree?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkC8n6TntBs

IGN Review

http://pelwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cut-the-rope-game.jpg

Walkthrough

#106: DC Universe Online (Beta Demo) – PS3/PC – 5 pts – 1 vote

Official Game Site

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dc-universe-online-release-date-is-november-2-2010.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Nf-m6WGl4

Already it’s Sony Online Entertainment’s “fastest selling game,” whatever that means

http://www.cheatcodesgalore.com/playstation3/games/DC_Universe_Online/DC_Universe_Online-s2.jpg

Forksclovetofu: First I had to wait literally a full day and night for the 12 gig demo to download and when it finally loads, there's a gorgeous five minute CGI movie that seems like it's taken from some Geoff Johns script or other. Lex and the villains kill all the heroes then Brainiac comes and enslaves the human race but Lex survives and comes back in time to warn the heroes and also brings a gazillion space robot doohickeys that will infect the human populace with SUPERPOWERS so we can defend ourselves when brainiac comes. Blah blah blah. THEN! Character creation: very granular, great interface, loads of customizable fun. I spent a half hour making a guy who has acrobatic powers from doohickeys he creates and trains himself to fight with a bo staff and do acrobatics. He's got a skull mask, a paramilitary backpack and a polo sweater vest with a skull on it. Slacks, dress shoes, formal gloves. Calls himself Skully D. Then BANG Skully is on a ship in what's clearly a tutorial, killing bad guys, climbing on walls, doing backflips, levelling, getting POWER POINTS and generally being unkillable. Then (terrible looking) Superman shows up and wastes a shitton of guys. Oracle tells you to teleport to earth and BANG you're in a Gotham police station with 500 other losers called "THE FRAGMENT" and "COOLX" and so forth, flying and speeding and teleporting in various capes and tights. From there you’re off to the races. Having never played an MMORPG, the key opiates are fresh and very addictive. I put in two full ten hour days of play in a row and then made my 2011 resolution to not play this any more as this might otherwise be the only thing i do with my life this year.
Not that it's that great or anything but holy fuck the sugar drip of these online RPGs are painfully addictive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6F3lkotRw

Taking aim at WOW

http://scrawlfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dc-universe-online_2009_04-14-09_05.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZ4Vt8fH-M

The Curse of Superboobs

http://thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/DCUNIVERSEO.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIAZ1sdCzW8

”Trying to be Female Friendly”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK0eZnDxvy8

http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DC-Universe-Online-Gotham-Metropolis-08.jpg

Jim Lee Interview

i enjoyed this -- got almost every star in the game. not quite as fun as angry birds but just as cheap. xp

and i'm VERY curious about DCU but i have no PC nor a PS. l4m3.

#106: Deathsmiles – 360 – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.aksysgames.com/wp-content/gallery/deathsmiles_screenshots/deathsmiles_02.jpg

... you inexplicably blow on the tokens, sending them and the hapless girl's skirt into the air revealing her panties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0ucrsjn4U

Alan N: My first impression of this game is that it looks great but I really, really wish they went straight Castlevania instead of the Pedo-vania art style the designers decided on. Thrilled to see they went with the age info at the character select screen too… everybody’s 17 and under! Second impression: eh, who cares about all that? This game is a blast; easily the best horizontal SHMUP since Gradius 5.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/05/deathsmiles_cosplay.jpg

A Question of Value

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwWCH0rsCgA

http://blog.emegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DeathSmiles-xbox360-03-600x450.jpg

1cc SHMUP Log Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shAm2oeWOjs

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/189790-deathsmiles_header.jpg

Gamewit Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FACE5Bj4FQs

http://www.acparadise.com/cosplayers/10763/10763-36381-2f6aced7b3a9b991f5f2a2024a4332f7.jpg

can i suggest that you lump the links, comments, pics and vids together in their own sections? I hate to be a backseat driver and maybe everyone feels differently from me, but i find everything easier to take in that way. might also want to rehost some of the pics so that the thread will still be readable a couple years down the line.

eh, i like the diversity of it. And the Coint and Plick blog has been where this stuff gets immortalized.

fair enough. mb u should link C&P blog in the OP then?

so deathsmiles is what -- tyrian 2000 but with underage japanese girls instead of space ships?

xp I don't run the blog, but when/if it gets updated I certainly will.

not a fan of posting every single entry. seems overkill and makes points and places a little less significant. thats all my bitching. thanks for doing it forks.

I get more and more tempted to buy DCU. Tom Chick's write-up for Gamepro and enthusiasm over it in the latest Jumping the Shark podcast might have sealed it for me.

Anyone want to join me on PS3 and take the plunge?

the thing about Tom Chick is he has really unconventional taste in video games, which means I'm always interested in what he likes but keenly aware that it might not resonate for me at all. that said, i do want to try DCU really badly.

dont like mmorpgs because i hate people, but doing supervillan shit would be totally awes except i am also in the deprived of pcps3 camp so oh well.

btw i am now involved in endgame hatefuck with the game i was regretting not putting on my list, so im glad i didnt try to weasel forks into letting me change one of my votes.

jsut fyi chaos rings is so much less fun than the FFI & FFII remakes for the iphone that i wld rather play them, than the chaos rings. bcuz its p stupid.

Tom's totally an outlier, but I tend to like a lot of the same stuff he does (as you'll see with my #1 pick). Except for RTS games which can just piss off.

xp I don't run the blog, but when/if it gets updated I certainly will.

intro & first entry are up; I'll add them as my schedule permits.

he's definitely one of the few game critics with a recognizable POV

yer a sweetheart james

DC Universe was wonderful fun and I could easily see myself giving over to grind and new exploration; the ability to run a half dozen characters in three major environments as either a good or bad guy suggested near limitless potential. Also, the sandbox felt SO GOOD: hidden stuff everywhere, the wonderful sensation of wall climbing and soaring higher over buildings, the constant impending interest of something new to try. But I have a busy life and this is NOT a casual game. Had to let it go.

Twenty-six five-pointers?! I am reasonably confident that all of my five-pointers would have gotten more than one vote, but... now I wish I had given them more points, for some reason! bc my 5s are clearly worth more than other people's :S

Half my ballot was 5 pointers, though I know at least one of them will make it to 10 pts

#106: Desktop Dungeons – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://www.qcfdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/41d96fe160bbfdef9253245e7bf57bce6g1.jpg

GameSetWatch Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rAxBgnC0oQ

#3 on Gamasutra’s Top Indie Games of 2010

http://blog.fileplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Desktop-Dungeons-Screen-4.jpg

Defining Roguelikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6BFNwPltQ

Nhex: It’s the most engrossing roguelike I've played in ages. Great, concise design choices and the new tileset was even better. It's time to get past text symbols, folks.

The Cloning of Desktop Dungeons

http://www.diygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/DesktopDungeon001.png

Gravel Puzzleworth: love love love

http://blog.fileplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Desktop-Dungeons-Screen-3.jpg

Developer Blog

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyw4a2nbj81qzjh4m.png

Noodle Vague: It's cool but the lack of depth stopped me getting hooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rki-y07ozxk

IndieGameReview rave: “more addictive than crack”

#106: Epic Citadel – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2010/09-Sept/02/Epic%20Citadel/Epic%20Citadel%20header--article_image.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Rj_NrWVQ0

http://furiousfanboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/epic-citadel-1sm.jpg

Autumn Almanac: Really it's just a demo for Infinity Blade but you can lose yourself for ages in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9PCpN4MrI

http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Epic-Citadel-1-660x440.jpg

1 million downloads in the first two weeks

http://www.medievalarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Epic-citadel.jpg

Developer Interview

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/032/Purple/22/ac/5b/mzl.gkuvczpz.480x480-75.jpg

As a Teaching Tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqYi_WRq6M4

#106: Espgaluda II – 360/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/02/espgaluda-2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t4xt8S2mvk

Get yer SHMUP up

http://www.cave-world.com/en/common/img/cvi002/media/espgaluda2_iphone_01.jpg

Character Art

http://www.gamestrikes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/079e73a556mode02.png.png

Neogaf Thread

http://pineconeattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_0149.png

Insomnia Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scVhoSl6tZw

iPhone version Reviewed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIohX06i9vA

Anime Girls in Bullet Hell

http://www.appgamers.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/photo3.png

Jeff LeVine: Espgaluda 2 is considerably harder and more confusing that Mushihimesama Futari. Both are pretty crazy games though! in Espgaluda 2, I can barely get to level 3. A 1CC of MF seems not completely out of the question, but that's something I can't really see myself doing in E2. Espgaluda II is such a fucking tough game and really requires some very precise, small and fast movements that it seems like it would be impossible with the touch controls and relatively tiny screen of the iPhone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXSombNW6Lc

Wait, what’s ”1cc”?

loool at level ONE, jesus

even the name of the game is difficult to pronounce, they went all out

if nothing else, this poll has convinced me to download desktop dungeons as it looks amazing
do you really not DO anything in Epic Citadel but just look around? =
Espgaluda 2 looks entirely totally insane

Well, you can look around AND walk around. Which arguably makes it more advanced than Infinity Blade, where you can look around and wave a sword around but can't walk around.

^

desktop dungeons was going to be my #1 pick! oh well

Should probably have voted Desktop Dungeons (which I liked but forgot about) instead of the roguelike I actually voted for, which I fear I gave twice as many points. Hm.

(Seeing lots of rad games with the minimum number of points makes me feel guilty for point inflation in my own ballot, but I was just about to send my small ballot when I realised there was a minimum total # of points which I was short of. Sorry guys!)

get that "if i had voted" business out of here! there were more reminders than a pbs pledge drive on a tv that won't turn off and only gets pbs!

DD got a Mac port!
http://www.qcfdesign.com/?p=423

finally!

#106: FIFA 2011 – 360/PS3/PC/Wii/iPhone/PSP/DS – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://fifasoccerblog.com/files/2010/06/FIFA-11-Arshavin-running.jpg

EZ Snappin: World Cup corrected the most broken bits of FIFA 10. Shame they broke new stuff in FIFA 11. Sold this, bought PES, am happier man.

PES vs FIFA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhnjwymz5L0

Jeff LeVine: This seems unsurprisingly solid. Passing felt the same as it’s still easy to ping pong the ball along (at least with Real Madrid). Defense felt slightly better w/ additional jockeying for possession animations. Maybe minor improvements to the computer AI when they're on offense? I didn't like the factoids popping up on screen during the game. The only "major" difference I noticed was with throw-ins and goal kicks; they've gone back to a magic circle that you can't move your player into, like in old PES - an improvement to the weird jerky animation that was going on there in the last few games, I guess.

Developer Interview

http://www.consolemonster.com/media/0000001832/screenshots/0000001832-L-a2151bb.jpg

Onimo: Kind of hard to keep control with this new 360 jostling thing - seems like anyone who gets close to my guy gets the ball. Are they trying to make it like real modern football where no-one dribbles anymore?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seYKhyflVfg

http://www.consolemonster.com/media/0000001832/screenshots/0000001832-L-05decf0.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTRmyuv9CA

http://www.thunderboltgames.com/s/reviews/xbox360/fifa11_1.jpg

Laws of the Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1NiQy7DQVc

Drinking Game

baaderonix: Ball dynamic feels very different; seems far too easy to steal the ball. The ballyhooed personality thing actually seemed noticable (eg. Barca playing in a Barca style).

http://fifasoccerblog.com/files/2010/12/FIFA-11-Warfare-580x325.jpg

Roberto Spiralli: If EA devises some bullshit for each year’s new FIFA they are WAY more interested in showing it off by shoving it in your face all the time than in whether it makes the game more or less fun to play; e.g. ball hitting the ref, defenders stopping and raising their arm instead of pursuing a through ball. OMG IT'S SO REALISTIC I AM DELIGHTED THAT HAPPENED WHAT FUN I AM HAVING NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFpfiqo3FQM

cozen: I'm addicted. They've done a great job of making fatigue and stamina meaningful this year and having the star players play like stars. It still doesn't quite have the ~soul~ or individuality of PES quite down but it's getting there.

Michiganders Don’t Like It

#106: Final Fantasy XIII – 360/PS3 – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/final-fantasy-xiii-01-660x371.jpg

Mordy: Okay, it's a problem when you LITERALLY spending more time watching your game than playing it. This is ridiculous. I really regret getting xiii tbh :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFkhGlliiQM

Wired Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pzptgE4a4

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/final-fantasy-xiii-screenshot-22.jpg

s1ocki: My friend has been waiting for this for YEARS. He ordered it from japan (he speaks japanese). He HATED IT :( :( :(

Zero Punctuation Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7dOOy8kBJY

http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/9/97/Final-fantasy-xiii-old-battle-screen.jpg

”13 Reasons I Hate FF13”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prNTH_J2ceA

forksclovetofu : My immediate impression is that the game is SUMPTUOUS and LUSH but not very engaging. I lasted about two hours and turned away in sad and weary defeat. Call me old fashioned but I enjoy actually PLAYING my games rather than having them played for me. Plus: Leona Lewis? Really?

http://www.jamaipanese.com/wp-content/uploads/final-fantasy-13-elixir.jpg

Yoichi Wada (Square Enix Prez/CEO) Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyAPNzRa2E

adam : All i've done so far is push the left stick fwd and mash X for 2 hours. Still having fun tho.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2010/3/10/1268208888481/Final-Fantasy-13-launch-a-001.jpg

Linearity Defined

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6GQBQRXdvk

aarrissi-a-roni: Even though every character in it is utterly unbearable, I am having a great time. It's just an endless series of beautifully drawn and managed battles punctuated by flipping over to soup up your characters from time to time, loosely strung together by a story that is as compelling and necessary as the Mortal Kombat backstory. What can i say; it’s really working for me.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/2/3/1265231934694/Final-Fantasy-13-001.jpg

Famitsu Interview with Tetsuya Nomura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrOSjiQwWQ

http://www.gamerzines.com/guides/files/2010/04/chocobo_final_fantasy_13.jpg

More Square/Enix Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQhjSaXOjM

Mitch Krpata: Screw all y'all. This game was great.

http://windows7themes.net/wp-content/gallery/final-fantasy-13-screenshots/final-fantasy-13-screenshot9.JPG

The Conundrum of FFXIII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNzFE8rNPQU

#106: Galaxy On Fire 2 – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://pocketfullofapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FISHLABS-Galaxy-on-Fire-2-iPhone4-Screenshot-06.png

Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulAOtRYNRBA

http://d26zvu0xdzossp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/FISHLABS-Galaxy-on-Fire-2-iPhone4-Screenshot-08.jpg

JimD: It's flawed, but this is still pretty close to being Elite in your pocket, and who hasn't wanted that for the last 25 years?

http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/gof12.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF6-XABX2DA

Fishlabs CEO claims “App Store premium pricing works”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kiRX0a49LM

http://d26zvu0xdzossp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/FISHLABS-Galaxy-on-Fire-2-iPhone4-Screenshot-01.jpg

groovypanda: Well worth checking out. Provides at least 10 hours of gameplay and much much more if you're happy to just explore the universe in between doing the main story missions.

http://www.fishlabs.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fishlabs-galaxy-on-fire-iphonegame-concept-nivellian-kinzer.jpg

soccer games lulz britisher gamerz

― Mordy, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:34 PM (11 months ago)

xxp

i've really gotta sell my ffxiii and get something that isn't terrible

imagine you went to see a magician. he gets on stage and he pulls a handkerchief out of his sleeve. it is one of those long strings of handkerchiefs, multi-coloured, that keeps on coming. the colours are so beautiful and the material seems to shimmer. it's breathtaking and fun to watch this long chain of fabric keep flowing from inside his sleeve. and it keeps coming. and coming. a few hours pass and some people start to leave. you are pretty sure that this is going somewhere, though, and you know that he is gonna have some other tricks. still the handkerchief keeps coming. 10 hours gone and he's still going. more people have left. this is cool, but something happens, right? 15 hours... 20 hours... the room is almost empty and finally you tear your eyes away from the endless flow of colours and with regret you get up and leave. you hear later that the trick went on for 45 hours, just that same on trick, and that some people even stayed all the way to the end.

if i had had time to write a blurb on FFXIII that would've been it.

I'm kinda astonished about that; I've not played a Final Fantasy since maybe 2? (never had a Sony anything so I missed out in between) But they really made a game where you just mash a button for 50 hrs? Like, you don't assemble a team of whatevers & walk around a world killing things as you see fit? Like it's just one big qte? I don't get the complaints.

it's one long tunnel and when you reach the end of it you win

http://www.infendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/rad-racer_1.png

i'd like to thank whoever voted for desktop dungeons. it's pretty addictive.

i'm a day behind so here's three more.

#106: GunGirl 2 – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://indiegameschannel.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/gungirl2top.jpg

Get the Soundtrack by Josh Whelchel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxR0khUlr0

Doctor Casino: Great find. I think I ran into a sequence-wrecking glitch but it's still playable. Boy does it have great control/timing. There are things I would quibble about and I had to turn off the special effects because the graphics don't work right on my machine, but it's a damn nice slice of freeware.

http://www.g4g.it/g4g2/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/GunGirl_2_01.jpg

”So, what does the game offer? Simply one of the best Metroidvania experiences around.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmrqWLPWJQI

http://www.rarst.net/images/GunGirl2awesomeplatformergamewithzombies_6D3/gungirl_2_interface.jpg

Composer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmj3sLjK2w

http://www.gungirl2.com/pics/gg2_hell2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7iz1HTh9U

Nhex: Another great PC freeware Metroidvania type. Somewhat ugly, but charming graphics that evoke the SNES/Amiga era of platformers with a huge open world. Wish I went with a better character build so I could've beaten it!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51-Q8QAJcQw/SpJsuCpRiaI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/9b9Bi2CEAsc/s320/gungirl2.jpg

#106: Lara Croft and The Guardians of Light – PS3/360/PC/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2010/8/18/1282141414049/Lara-Croft-006.jpg

Lara Evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuFtLV8GUvs

http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/feature-Lara-Croft-Guardian-1.jpg

Popmatters Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZnN4Npc1_E

http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/lara-croft-guardian-of-light-review-screen-2.jpg

Zappi: Great fun, everyone should at least try the free demo.

http://dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lara_croft_and_the_guardian_light_3.jpg

http://hitechanalogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lara-Croft-and-the-Guardian-of-Light-3.jpg

Another interview

http://www.tvkon.com/images/gaming/10/05/Lara-Croft-Guardian-of-Light_debut_trailer.mov/02.jpg

Dev interview

http://www.gamerzines.com/system.store/media/images/600/lara-croft-guardian-of-light-04bf29814bdd1e.jpg

Joystiq Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJGEbMoRRWU

Kotaku Review

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lara-croft-and-the-guardian-of-light-unlockable-costumes-cheats-list-xbla-psn.jpg

#106: Monkey Island 2 Special Edition – PS3/360/PC/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.thevine.com.au/resources/imgdetail/_monkey-island-2-special-edition_detail_160710110626.jpg

An Appraisal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF762mwUd8I

Hi-Res Concept Art

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/98/69805_TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland2SpecialEdition-04_normal.jpg

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkiCYT6tGH4

http://blogallalong.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/monkey-island-sneakers.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Go-_veiHE

http://darkzero.co.uk/asset/2009/07/monkey.island.se.iphone.2.072209-580px.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUE-aYJG_Js

Schafer and Gilbert weigh in

http://www.gamingbits.com/images/stories/general_bits/monkeyisland2_se01.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aixFVp85QUw

http://the-ipad-site.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Monkey-Island-2-Special-Edition-For-iPad-3.jpg

Producer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJh2q5pmuA

played mi2 in 1991 otherwise i'm sure it would've been my fave game of 2010

Same, except it was 1995. Probably my favourite game ever and the Special Edition was a lovely excuse to replay it.

i still have a steam copy to gift if anyone wants it (for free yawls)

I really enjoyed the demo of Lara Croft and will definitely get it when it drops in price.

i would be happy to have a monkey island 2 se on steam!
desktop dungeons is great.

abanana, my steam name is forksclovetofu

i loved the "commentary track" on mi2se and i wish there was more of it. one bad change: they changed the monkey inventory image, so it no longer looks like a monkey wrench at all. not that anyone ever figured that puzzle out by themselves.

I think I voted Monkey Island 2 special edition even though I've only played the original.

I'm fairly sure that I got that puzzle first time round! Never worked out the how many fingers code though, and had managed to forget it and found myself hopelessly stuck by it again. Also forget where the laundry ticket was and got infuriated by that all over again.

I really wanted to play Monkey Island 2 but just didn't get around to it. I'm sure if I had it would've gone on my list, though.

i am REALLY enjoying desktop dungeons; discovering games like this are why i list all the nominees
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/04/interview-where-next-for-desktop-dungeons/
i'll put up three more later today; gonna be taking sundays off

same here, that game owns

#106: Monster Hunter Tri – Wii – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.jrpereira.com/misc/mh3_keikaku.jpg

Neogaf Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvcqtPpvk8w

Perfect Famitsu Rating

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gamelife/images/2008/10/12/monster_hunter_3.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpEkdM39sg

http://fromthegutter.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/monster_hunter_tri_cut.png

Gamasutra Critical Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_BA0LDgvI

Noodle Vague: Monster Hunter Tri: tiny fucking fonts that I can barely read until I get new glasses, but made up for by beautiful immersive scenery and nerd lols aplenty.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/monster-hunter-tri-wii-screenshot.jpg

Gametrailer Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oaVV-L3soc

Producer Interview

http://www.wiichat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Wii-Monster5.jpg

Zero Punctuation Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTheDJt8kIY

Wiki

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2010/4/19/1271691036008/Monster-Hunter-Tri-001.jpg

#106: Osmos – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://handpickedpixels.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Osmos.png

Post Mortem

Surfing at Work: Dreamy and difficult.

http://d26zvu0xdzossp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/osmosiphone_screen1-642x428.png

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzhlTn1_ds

Jamescobo: Fun but very very overrated. If you were one of those people who busted a massive nut over the Bit Generations games, you'll probably love this.

http://osx.iusethis.com/screenshot/osx/osmos.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCNwdRRy4c

groovypanda: Osmos is a great gaming experience and the soundtrack rocks (in an extremely ambient way of course).

Download the Free Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWI_CiMVT8I

http://www.microscopics.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/steve_jobs-osmos_ipad_2.jpg

”Spiritual Advisor” Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiMVNwt-8f8

Lead Designer/Programmer Interview

http://cdn.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/osmos_iphone.jpg

GamalielRatsey: Succumbed to Osmos, which helped soothe my hangover. Clever and fun.

#106: Playpen – Web Based – 5 pts – 1 vote - FREE
Official Game Site

http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/playpenduck.png

As you wander through the world of PlayPen, clicking from picture to picture by depressing your left mouse button whenever you find an interesting text prompt hidden in the images, you visit places, people, ideas and imaginings created by other players. Sometimes a text prompt will include the words (Draw new page). If you follow one of these prompts, you'll find yourself looking at an empty image and a simple set of drawing tools. This is your opportunity to get creative. Please try to remember how you got there though, so your new page makes sense when other people come to visit it. Also, if you're looking at someone else's page and you think I have a great idea that would make this page even better, please hit the Draw Here button and edit that page.

http://static.philpep.org/oujevipo.fr/images/stories/jeux/M-R/playpen.jpg

One of Gamasutra’s Top 10 Experimental Freeware Games of 2010

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4558426617_1646671f9a.jpg

Developer Interview

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2l3onWhFV1qaz8s5o1_500.png

Best of Playpen Tumblr

http://blog.samuelrhodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/playpen_leprechauns_400.png

Bamcquern: Like Wikipedia crossed with a visual novel.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2se3j0aBr1qaz8s5o1_500.png

http://playpen.farbs.org/index.php?title=Ilx_makes_me_mad

Oh, I forgot about Osmos. I'd still say it was clever and fun - the whole scaling thing really worked for me, and, to give it credit, the whole ambient thing really did help my hangover. Haven't played it a whole lot at all since that hangover tho.

i have monster hunter tri but the scale of it overwhelmed & i gave up

reminded that GunGirl 2 did have a pretty nice soundtrack

#106: PrincessRL – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://doryen.eptalys.net/data/libtcod-projects/princessrl_004-full.jpg

a passing spacecadet: An ASCII roguelike take on Princess Maker, with multiple dungeons and special combo moves, supposedly coded within a week. Remarkably, it actually manages to be fun to play (though I admit it's an acquired taste).

http://doryen.eptalys.net/data/libtcod-projects/princessrl_003-full.jpg

Dev Blog

http://flend.net/images/princess1small.png

Winner of the 7DRL Competition

oh man, had no idea about this. i loved princess maker (i think pm2 to be exact) back in teh day.

#106: Shoot First – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/178641-shoot.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnfaH5NqT4

Dev Blog

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4776289953_3726b8b0b4.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI9AvwEK29Q

http://teknopants.com/games/sfb.gif

Also by Teknopants: Grid Shock

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/timw/shootfir3a.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lamAKE1Gg

Bamcquern: This is a procedurally generated top-down shooter that only works on really good computers.

http://tk-nation.com/uploads/5_shootfir3b.png

#106: Sin and Punishment 2: Star Successor – Wii – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/media/wii/sin_and_punishment2_/sin_and_punishment2_-4.jpg

Metacritic

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/915/915813/sin-and-punishment-2-20081002032142590_640w.jpg

zappi: Sin & Punishment 2 is: (A) ugly as hell, the cutscenes will make you want to gouge your eyes out with a rusty spoon, (B) really really difficult at times and (C) tremendous fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqkF-NUtFSY

Iwata Asks Treasure

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sin-and-punishment-2-wii-underwater-gameplay-screenshot.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/03/69/36985_normal.jpg

Gamasutra Critical Roundup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsTFyou_OXI

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sin-and-punishment-2-release-date-june-7-2010.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7dOy6xIGo

GameTrailer Review

http://www.cubed3.com/media/2010/April/jesusraz/punishment2/53477_Sin_Punishment2_32.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_65falVSWM

http://4playerpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sin-and-punishment-boss-585x408.jpg

So how far through the 5pt games are we?

six more; we'll start a new thread on friday.

73 to go

do you understand how difficult it is to explain to people IRL what it is that I'm doing spending an hour a day on this? it's olympic nerdery

I'm gonna have to watch some of the youtubes upthread because I am unfamiliar with most of these games.

Great presentation forks!

My solution is to never people about the nerdy shit I do.

you never them, huh?

Boy is my red.

Is there any way we could do this all in one big thread? Think of the ILX LOL (list of lists)!

tried that method and people freak out because the media takes FOREVER to load.
I'll put a list of prior nominees and earlier threads at the top of each new thread so you can easily click through to older ones, a'la: Concluding The Third Annual Coint and Plick Poll: ILG’s Best Video Games of 2009 - Part Four: #1 through #20

do you understand how difficult it is to explain to people IRL what it is that I'm doing spending an hour a day on this? it's olympic nerdery

― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, February 8, 2011 3:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

aw

seconded

#106: Sleep is Death – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – Only two bucks (minimum)!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://pc.gamezone.com/images/sized/images/screenshots/SleepIsDeathfeature-630x218.jpg

Gamasutra Analysis

Forksclovetofu: It's a two-player only game where people take thirty second turns scripting, scoring and animating an 8-bit environment that they each play through together. My vote for Sleep Is Death is nearly a meta-recommendation; I wasn’t able to devote the time and energy it required you to put into it, but the concept and the quantum leap forward that it made even as a proof of concept deserves acknowledgement. If this had come out when I was in high school and had lots of free time, I basically would’ve eat/sleep/breathed this; as it is, I probably played it four times and backed slowly away. I blame myself, not the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGiBd1pTVCs

Stories

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/04/forever.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYdVDmfbwjI

Dev Blog

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/media/game/654/sleep-is-death_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

Mordy: This was really easy to set up; I made an interrogation room, a visitor's room for a prison, a house, a prisoner in striped pajamas and a hanging interrogation style lightbulb. Everything else I needed came with the game. I'm already working on something for my wife where I made an avatar that looks like her.

Onion AV Club Rohrer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZ73DBndx8

Wired

http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/sleepdeathpayanything.png

The Trend of De-Automation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsgNdoFnlHg

Shannon Galvin’s Worldbuilding Tutorial

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/04/02/1.png

Brainy Gamer Recommendations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6QDJQOa5Lw

Boing Boing

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/100427-sid.jpg

GM: This is a thing that I will pay for and hardly ever use, I am sure.

Rohmer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmYHd7fS78A

Hundreds of Resource Packs

#106: Slingo Supreme – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrXBRDgQciQ/TG1oQeM3Q6I/AAAAAAAALGU/gxUVcy3ZIn0/s1600/Slingo+Supreme.jpg

Play Online for Free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmL7ADoJUBM

jeff: It's not even fun and only barely a game, but still very playable.

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/027/Purple/28/52/85/mzl.zviqnjhb.480x480-75.jpg

Developer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfk3zuUiVpk

Dev Blog

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/resources/images/1392365/

jamescobo: God, why can’t I stop playing this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80rFtHYjbE

Touch Arcade Review

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/resources/images/1392373/

I played this a few times but I don't think I ended up voting for it. It was enjoyable but it was also a lot of work. When you get home in the evening you don't want to start creating objects and slaving over textures to make them look right. Also, there were way more people who wanted to play with your worlds than vice-versa, and it's much more satisfying being the player than the creator. xp

#106: Sly Cooper Collection – PS3 – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4e1n2HVpl1qbzf0vo1_500.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jiMBnzi0P4

Game Trailer Review

http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/244260_S/New-Sly-Cooper-Collection-Comparison-Screens.jpg

”Which body part would you be?”

http://images.cosplay.com/photos/11/1151909.jpg

Eurogamer Review

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/06/5303gamesinone.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yfb6KF7B4M

Cozen: I’m claiming credit for this btw.

http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sly3sl1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqK319Kn3Cg

s1ocki: Is this like some british tea simulator or something?

700+ Sly Cooper Fanfic stories

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs20/f/2007/267/8/8/Pregnant_Female_Sly_Cooper__by_Virus_20.jpg

wtf is that

Pregnant_Female_Sly_Cooper__by_Virus_20.jpg

posting just so that i never have to see that again

can you put cozen's quote on that last pic? thanks

6. Sly and bentleys Happy time adventure! :3 by Neo the Otter
sLY AND BENT HAVE A HAPPT TIME ADVENTURE! NOT FOR KIDS
Rated: M - English - Humor/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 490 - Published: 12-28-10

wow slingo is terrible!

so it's bingo and what now?

I can't believe you fuckers made me buy slingo, it's the worst game I've ever played for three hours straight.

hahaha i was just about to come here and bitch about slingo and how it isnt even a game and bitch bitch bitch and then i noticed that i had been playing the lite version for 2 hours without realizing it.

this is why people have gambling problems

Slingo effortlessly combines the thrills of Bingo with the fun of poking blindly at a screen

said the guy who's like three stars away from 100%ing it

that slingo is evil

played it for an hour on lite and then deleted it. why? bc it was simultaneously so addictive and yet every new round i played made me angrier and angrier that it was suckering me in

What the hell now I really want to NOT download slingo

i am worried that one of my voted before i had time to play it games isnt going to place at this point, but that wont really be the end of the world, although i looked forward to yammering about its strengths (and significant weaknesses). no spoilers tho, so you will all just have to guess.

I thought all votes were placing?

no im saying i didnt play it until after i voted, so unless someone else voted for it it wont make the list (and i havent really heard anybody talk about it on here so?)

http://www.blogcdn.com/news.bigdownload.com/media/2010/05/warrirosboxcovermay7.jpg

I forgot to ask if I could vote for Evony.

NAUGHTY BEAR! NAUGHTY BEAR! NAUGHTY BEAR!

Naughty Bear is definitely not the worst game I played this year fwiw.

wow

i am impressed that a) you played naughty bear and b) that there are worse games!

It was the first game I put on my Gamefly queue lol

;_; I didn't vote

RIP Cataclysm

just so peeps dont think im getting hoity toity over here, i bout the rerelease of conkers bad fur day AND harvey birdman for wii, so my taste is uh questionable

#106: Taberinos – Flash – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE online
Official Game Site

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-8Z07M5MC8

Captain Lorax: I got to level 19 I think. It’s insane.

http://www.dweepspace.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/taberinos.jpg

More flash games from the same designer, Tonypa

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4463864148_680948d40b.jpg

Estela: I love Taberinos.

Downloadable .swf version

http://static-2.socialgo.com/cache/85560/image/549.jpg

Download an MP3 of the Tamberinos' theme: “Tango de Manzana” by Kevin Macleod

#106: Teppoman 2 – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote - FREE
Official Game Site

http://small-games.info/s/l/t/Teppoman_2_1.jpg

”Teppoman 2 is a freeward 2D action platformer that puts you in control of a caped assassin with a craving for bananas, specifically the brown-coloured ones which can only be found inside a heavily-fortified base under the command of a white-hooded man.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPlG1uoV_jQ

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/timw/teppoman5b.png

Download for free by clicking the fourth link down on this page

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/gallery/teppoman-2/teppoman-2-01.jpg

Ikiki appreciation page

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/gallery/teppoman-2/teppoman-2-05.jpg

Bamcquern: I love this tiny naked ninja series and game developer Ikiki’s work in general, and this might even have rated higher if I could get past that really high wall that requires a string of difficult moves performed in about one second with precision timing to move on.

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9199/newbitmapimage.png

That'll do it for the #106 collection. We'll see about starting a new thread tomorrow.
Just looking over all these games, I'm a bit astonished at the diversity of visual styles, platforms, subject matter and tone. You'll see that's going to be something of a theme for this poll; we're all over the map.

how come my dn gets capitalised but slocki's doesn't I ask you

can't load this thread, reminds me why I never vote in stupid polls

yeah this thread's a bitch to load

That'll do it for the #106 collection.

thank god, Teppoman 2 was 106z

Brown bananas?

http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rotten_bananas.jpg

how come my dn gets capitalised but slocki's doesn't I ask you

http://www.overviewhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/baby-cry.gif

can't load this thread, reminds me why I never vote in stupid polls

http://www.overviewhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/baby-cry.gif

The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part Two: #80 - 105

if you want to taste the true depths of pointless ocd gambling the full version of slingo is now available for free fyi

Slingo owns, haters gonna hate

my god i can't believe i paid for those endless hours of anti-fun when i could've had them for FREE.

holy shit

why did I download Slingo

goodbye free time