Easy and Addictive

I'm still figuring out how best to do this blog. I started by writing individual, daily posts on my favorite games. Lately, I've been thinking that's not the best strategy, and so now I'm going to try to write longer, themed posts.

Today's a rainy, cold, lazy day, so the theme of the day is easy and addictive games. These games are easy to learn, easy to control, and super addictive. They're pretty mindless, but it's a challenge to stay alive, so you don't get bored after a few minutes.

Epic Coaster

In Epic Coaster, you control a roller coaster car, jumping from track to track. It's all about timing, but there are fun bonuses to get, and, with the fun graphics and music, it's entertaining just trying to beat your own score.

Play Epic Coaster.

Tangerine Panic

Those are some giant tangerines! It's all about avoidance, and as time goes on, there are more and more tangerines to dodge. Again, the controls are super easy, but it's tough to last very long--see how long you can survive.

Play Tangerine Panic.

Fishy

Fishy is one of my favorite games ever. It's super easy to play, but pretty hard to win (yes, you can win this one). You start as a tiny fish, and eat your way up. Watch out for the bigger fish, who will chomp you in a second.

Play Fishy.

This is the Only Level

Another funny elephant game! This is slightly random, and mostly for laughs, but it's fun to figure out how to get your elephant to the end. While there's only one 'level', there are many stages...and once you finish it, you can play the sequel.

Play This is the Only Level.

And This is the Only Level Too.

Death Dice

Play as a slightly psychotic stick figure in this addicting game. You have to avoid the falling dice, which will kill you instantly (black dice erupt with special weapons). Simultaneously, you have to eat enough medication to keep alive. If you take too many pills, you go into overdose mode, where the colors become crazy and the dice get bigger.

Play Death Dice.

Corporate Climber

A different kind of corporation game! This is a simple, avoid enemies and complete tasks game, but it's easy and fun. You move from the sewers to the top floor boardroom, and as you proceed, you face new challenges and different backgrounds. It won't take you long to get to the top, but the ending is funny and you can go back and replay again and again.

Play Corporate Climber.

Achievement Unlocked

Achievement Unlocked was the first of a series of 'elephant' games I've enjoyed immensely. It's a little off the wall, almost making fun of online games. The game is all about winning all the achievements (listed on the side in a scroll bar). The achievements vary from things like landing a corpse in a particular area to survival times to touching numbers in a particular order. If you can't get all the achievements, you can sneak a peek at the hints.

Achievement Unlocked 2 is the same idea (elephant and all) with more rooms and more to achieve.

Play Achievement Unlocked and Achievement Unlocked 2.

Get Off My Lawn

Get off my Lawn is a challenging level-up game where you have to defeat all the monsters before they destroy your lawn. It's multi-leveled, and will keep you busy for a while. The enemies have different abilities, so you'll have to adapt different strategies for different levels.

Play Get Off My Lawn.

Kids vs Ice Cream

Kids vs Ice Cream is a unique game where you're an ice cream truck trying to take out the vicious kids of the neighborhood. You start with a pretty basic truck, with pretty weak ice-cream gun. But by the end of the game, you have multiple guns, a Popsicle missile shooter, and the coffee toffee cannon of doom (because kids hate nothing more than coffee ice cream).

Play Kids vs Ice Cream.