http://www.take9.com 9 Games is all you ever need in life. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:18:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I never bought a lot of music CDs which is the main reason why I suck in games like Jams Match that force you to combine album cover art with album titles in a short period of time. Would not it be for the different genres I would probably end ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/jams-match/ How about a game that puts you in the role of designing a deadly virus, bacteria or parasite to kill the world's population ? The game starts harmlessly enough by selecting a name and if you want to be a virus, bacteria or parasite in order to exterminate the population ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/pandemic-2/ Dark Cut 2 reminds me of the game Trauma Center for the Nintendo Wii. The player steps into the role of a doctor in both games who has to cope with a few emergency situations. Even the game mechanics are similar. In each game the player has to choose ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/dark-cut-2/ Inquisitive Dave is a typical adventure game where the player collects items and uses them with other items and objects in the game to advance in it. The character is moved with the WASD keys where W makes him jump and SPACE being the main key to interact with the ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/inquisitive-dave/ Remember Arkanoid and Breakout? Those use a paddle to reflect a ball that has to hit all bricks in a level that can be destroyed to reach the next one type of games? I always liked to play those games if they would feature enough extras and interesting levels to ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/aztec-bricks/ [caption id="attachment_245" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="eldorado puzzle"][/caption] Eldorado Puzzle belongs to a group of games that I causally refer to as girlfriend games, you know, those type of games that girlfriends usually like and play a lot. It reminds me a bit of Dynomit although the game mechanics are different. You do ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/eldorado-puzzle/ I'm only playing one game at the moment and that game is Team Fortress 2. It reminds me a lot of my favorite shooter of all time Unreal Tournament. While gameplay is different the fun is the same and that's what counts in the end, at least for me. One thing ... http://www.take9.com/game-ramblings/remove-objective-popups-in-team-fortress-2/ Totem Destroyer reminds me a little bit of the excellent Nintendo Wii game Boom Blox. In it the player has to destroy a certain number of blocks that hold a golden totem on the top. The difficulty of the game comes from the rule that the totem cannot hit the ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/totem-destroyer/ Gemcraft is an interesting Tower Defense Game that adds a new game element to the genre. The player places gems in towers that are placed along a road that is used by the opponents. The task is similar to that of all Tower Defense Games: Prevent the enemies from reaching ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/gemcraft/ Toribash is a rag doll fighting game that makes use of an innovative system that is relatively hard to learn. I strongly suggest to play through the tutorial at first to make sure you understand the basics of the game and continue in single-player mode before you start facing other ... http://www.take9.com/game-reviews/toribash-violence-perfected/