ABOBO IS BACK !!

Those around 30 who back in the days had the chanche -and the luck- to put their tiny chubby hands on the first, epic, unforgettable episode of the Double Dragon serie on the NES they could never forget one intimidating big headed dude: Abobo. He was tough as nails, and he also had a lot of heart: even if you beat him badly he kept coming back as final boss or teaming up with other thugs. For many years to follow me and my fellow nerds we were using his name to refer to those rude older boys. Now you should understand how exited I am as i'm going to present probably the coolest game of all times: Abobo's Big Adventure.

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The development of the game began way back in 2002 when Roger Barr set out to have Abobo fight his way through a variety of classic NES games in search of his lost son, Aboboy. Roger teamed up with a programmer who went by the name "Bane" at the time and they started putting the first levels together. Unfortunately, the Abobo game kept getting sidetracked due to each of them working on other game projects at the same time (including Domo-Kun's Angry Smashfest).

The Abobo project stayed on the backburner for years, but Roger always hoped to return to it eventually. He was lucky enough to meet Nick and Luis who both shared a love for classic 8-bit games and stuffing games full of ridiculous humor. After working on some other games like "Trick or Treat Adventure Quest" together, the three of them started to recreate the original Abobo game from scratch in 2006. Nick worked up a whole new game system, Pox recreated the existing graphics and Roger developed a big story for Abobo to really dive into... fists first. It was a daunting project, but like all labors of love, it's something that simply had to be done.

The trio have been working on this game for ages with one simple goal: make Abobo's Big Adventure the *ultimate* tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is the game that any kid who grew up on the NES always dreamed of playing and it goes beyond anything the system ever could've been capable of.

For those of you wondering if the game will be for sale, the answer is NO. Abobo's Big Adventure is simply a labor of love and will be available to play for free on the web. The game really pushes the limits of what Flash is capable of and you will soon have control of the most unappreciated, brutal, rage-fueled character in the entire pixelated universe in your hands.

LET THE SHIPHUNT BEGIN

Here's the challenge: how good are you at scanning the oceanic depths of Google Earth in search for sunken ship?

At first, i though this was an annoying sort of interactive promotion Sony made for the new Vaio serie. Well, actually that's Project Shiphunt is. But it's also much more than this. If you're not too used to Google Earth, or if you never gave it a try, this is the right moment to install the plugin on your browsers and experience the amazing sansation of holding the world in your hand.

ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK

Dopo Canabalt ecco il gioco in flash -o il flash in gioco- del mese di Marzo.

Sviluppato dalla mitica Adult Swim, casa produttrice di cartoons "per adulti" come le creazioni di Seth MacFarlane (I Griffin, American Dad), o serie ancor più fuori di testa -e ce ne vuole- da noi mai importate come Aqua Teen Hunger Force o Robot Chicken, quest'ultima pazzia dell'attacco del unicorno robot è a dir poco... folle. Ma follia e genio, si sà, vanno a braccetto.

Se siete stanchi dei soliti giochini fine a sè stessi, qui basta un tocco sul tasto zeta per realizzare i propri desideri. C'è bisogno di dire altro? Si.

Che la canzone che fà da colonna sonora è degli Erasure. Gustosissimo accostamento dal sapore anni ottanta che non può che rimandarci indietro con la mente a un cane gigante che vola sulle note di Never Ending Story dei Limahle. Ti amerò sempre, Falcor.

C A N A B A L T

Un click sul banner qua sopra vi farà rivivere in prima persona una scena clichè dei film e telefilm polozzieschi anni 70: l'uomo che fugge sui tetti di una metropoli grigia e decadente.
In Canabalt, gioco in flash dal fascino retrò ora disponibile anche per iphone, bisogna unicamente saltare da un palazzo all'altro al momento giusto. Unici requisti la barra spaziatrice e un bel pò di tempismo.
Tanto semplice quanto efficace.
Se avesse come colonna sonora Sabotage dei Beastie Boys avrebbe potuto essere il gioco dell'anno.