First of all, I would like to thank those who have joined such a unique group on Opera, It shows that there are people out there who are actually interested in Indie media. For those who joined that don't know what Indie media is, I'll give you a brief description, independent media is any type of media that is created by those who don't depend on large corporation to license, manage, and distribute their content. Such content could be either games, music, movies, and literature.
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The Game Images gallery has been renamed to "Game Screens", and now the newest images will be shown first.
You may have noticed that some of the posts now have a intro, the reason for it is to decrease the load time for opera members who don't have a fast connection and for those who use Opera Mini or any other moble internet browser.
(disclaimer: most of the games I post only either work on the windows platform or MacOS, but there are ways to play these game on other operating systems, it's just a matter of looking for them.)
Sites to avoid:
www.softplatz.com Why? Because you basically have to sell you security away to get anything "free" from this site.
Just recently, i've received the latest newsletter from the guys of Instant Action and it regards some changes to Rokkitball. Basically it says you can still play for free, but now the amount of time you can play is now limited to a certain amount of plays per day. Now if you want to play for an unlimited amount of plays for a period of time. You'll have to buy an "action pass" which is basically your ticket to play as much as you want for a month ($3.99) or a year ($11.99). You also get a certain amount of extra tokens depending on which "pass" you buy. But just for today, you can play for free as much as you want with all maps unlocked! But for those who have bought content like maps for Rokkit Ball, will be allowed to play that game for free as long as they want for a lifetime and will have access to game content for free... except for anything that is just a cosmetic change, like skins and avatars. For a more detail list of changes, please go to the official Instant Action Blog. Now i'm wondering, will this eventually apply to all games in the Instant Action service?
Have you in the past ever played with those small green/tan army men? Making gun and explosion sounds? Wish there was a way of still playing with them without looking foolish, odd, weird? Well your in luck! I've stumbled upon a site which features a simple war game using those little green men! The game is unsurprisingly cheap, and that's just not because of the inexpensive army men. The battle field is just a pdf file you print and put together. The rule booklet is cheap too, it only costs $19.99. Considering most table top war games are at least $60.00-$80.00 minimum for like a base set. You would probably want to get more figures which cost around $4.00 each. Look, i have nothing against war games at all, I'm just basically saying war gaming can be quite an expensive hobby and if you want to get into war gaming. This would be a good start since it's not expensive at all and from what i've read, easy to understand. You can get all the info you need to play this game here: Combat Storm
Released last thursday, Pixel Junk Eden is a very unique physics based platformer...wait..can it even be considered a platformer? Anyways, you play as a little creature called a "grimp", this grimp has the ability to use the silk it produces to swing from plant to plant to collect pollen to pollinate plant to ascend higher to pollinate even more plants to ascend even higher to eventually grab the "spectra" that you must collect to complete the goal of each level. But isn't as easy as it sounds, while you try to ascend higher, you must keep an eye on your time bar. Each and every level, you are timed and in order to keep time at bay. You must collect small time spectra, which are scattered throughout each level. Every time you complete a level, the number of spectra you must collect for that level increases, while the ammount of time stays the same. I've played the demo, and i have to say it's actually quite challenging. I also have to say , in order to the full experience of the games visuals, you just have to have an HDTV with surround sound. it's just alot better if you have that. But than again, if you can afford a ps3, you should be able to afford a nice tv to go along with it.
Instant Action has finally done it. They've finally found a way to take over the galaxy. How you ask? With the help of a game called Galcon. Yes, you too can take over the galaxy with the help of this galactic conquest sim. Learn how to command a fleet of pointy ships to take over alien worlds before your competition does! If the computer isn't enough of a challenge, you can actually invite friends from your instant action friends list and compete against them for galactic conquest! But before you do that, you may want to play the tutorial to understand how the game works. If you have an account, you can go right ahead and play. But if you don't and you want to play, you have two options. You can either sign up for Instant Action for free, i'll provide a link for you to go to do so, or you can buy the downloadable version for $19.95 for either Windows or MacOS from the official Galcon site. Both versions do include online play. Here are the links: Sign up for Instant Action Buy Galcon from official site
Scorched Earth 2000 is a online based multiplayer Scorched Earth remake. It's exactly like the original, but just online based. In order to play a friend online, you must up a room and password for who ever you want to join your game. The game is best played with others, but you can play by yourself if you want. Just go here to play online now: Scorched Earth 2000
Featured on several popular indie sites such as Indie Games and The Great Games Experiment. Eets a fun little platformer which plays like Lemmings. But instead of just setting a path to lead the character, you must set items and interact with some of items to lead Eets to the goal of each 100 levels. There is also a level editor for you to create more levels. You can try and buy to game by following the link: Eets
Gazillionaire is quirky business sim similar to the game of Monopoly set in outer space. You are to set your own business and buy and sell goods for a good price. But your not alone, you'll be going against other competitor in the game of business. Luckily you'll also be able to hire more crew members for a price and once in a while you may actually gain some extra cash and devious offers. But that's all i can tell you about the game, you'll have to find out the rest for yourself. I found this game to quite enjoyable, even though it's a business sim. You can try and buy this game by following the link: Gazillionaire
Platform as it's simply called is a platforming game where you play as two characters who suddenly wake up in a facility, with no memory of what has happened. They both must go though each and every room which contains a different challenge they both must complete in order to advance. As you advance further, you'll face challenges where you must quickly switch between both characters quickly in order to advance. You can play this game on your browser for free right now! (requires shockwave)
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