Hot Flashes

Nintendo

Play Mario As Samus, Simon Belmont And Mega Man. Again!

5:00PM January 17, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

In 2010, a fan-made game called Super Mario Bros. Crossover was released, which let players tackle the Nintendo classic using not just the standard plumber, but a cast of characters from other 8-bit games as well. More »

PC

Please, Play This 80′s Tribute Game, Right Now (It’s Free!)

4:40PM January 12, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Abobo’s Big Adventure takes the Double Dragon villain and sends him on an epic, if a little tough, quest through a whole bunch of other video game characters’ worlds. More »

In Real Life

Relive The Horrors Of Dating With This Party Flirting Game

7:40PM December 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Drink or say something stupid. Drink. Drink then say something stupid. Drink. Drink then try and say something charming, only to end up saying something stupid. More »

PC

Sometimes You Conquer The Road, Sometimes The Road Conquers You

5:20AM November 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

How do you create a competitive driving game with only one car? Bernhard Handler’s Roadeo offers a simple and elegant solution. Player one drives the car, and player two steers the road. More »

PC

Mega Mash: The 7 Best Retro Arcade Games You’ve Played At Once

9:30AM October 11, 2011 | Mike Fahey

When you first start Mega Mash, the latest flash masterpiece from the folks at Nitrome, it seems like you’re about to play a 7-in-1 game cart filled with clever homages to classic games. Then everything goes wonderfully haywire. More »

PC

New Video Game Delivers The Immersive Realism Of Waiting 5 Hours In Line At A Museum

1:00AM September 18, 2011 | Owen Good

A year ago, the contemporary artist Marina Abramovic held a show at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, at which patrons waited in line for a very, very long time just to meet her. The excitement of that encounter is now chronicled in a recently launched free-to-play online game. More »

PC

You Can Fix The US Debt With A Few Mouse Clicks

1:00AM July 19, 2011 | Max Abrams

If you ever wanted to control where American dollars go, now’s your chance. American Public Media, known mostly for their expansive public radio work, recently updated Budget Hero, a free web-based game where the player has the future of the nation’s budget in their hands. More »

PC

VVVVVV Creator Makes Super Meat Boy A Tad More Impossible

3:00AM July 18, 2011 | Owen Good

Super Meat Boy is no joke. That’s a hard game, and that’s part of its appeal. Put it in the hands of the maker of another, harder game, and it collapses into a singularity of motherfucker-what-do-you want-me-to-do difficulty. More »

PC

The Captain America Game You Can Play For Free

5:00PM July 12, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Remember that free Thor game that was pretty great? Well, there’s one for Captain America. It’s also got old-school 2D platforming and some totally cute sprite art. More »

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The PlayStation Network Inevitably Fails In PSN Protector

5:40AM May 19, 2011 | Mike Fahey

If Dutch game designer Kenney Vleugels’ Flash interpretation of the PlayStation Network security system were anywhere near accurate, PSN would have been down for the count years ago. More »