The "envelopes" were opened and the best games named during Nickelodeon's "AddictingGames Showdown", the first-of-its-kind convergent, prime-time TV event honoring the coolest, funniest and most addicting games. More than 5 million votes were cast for the cream of the crop from AddictingGames' library of 3,500 games. Honors went to games in 10 different categories, including: "Best Game From Planet Random" - Tattoo Artist; "Greatest Escape Game" - Escape the Car; "Mostest Edumacational Game" - Magic Pen; and "Most AddictingGame" - World's Hardest Game.
Twinfinite writes "The Tower Defense genre dates right back to the earliest days of Warcraft 3, and it still enjoys a huge following. It’s easy to see why, of course: they’re so damn addictive!"
I'm just no good at tower defense games, but that doesn't mean I don't like them.
In between my Guild Wars 2 marathons, I am playing games on Kongregate. I’ve been trying to complete a few games and check out some new ones. The other day I played the new Bloons game, Bloons TD 5. When I got to the landing page, I noticed that not only did it have the regular achievements, which Kongregate offers, but a special challenge of the day where I could earn six PowerUp reward points for completing said challenge.
I honestly can't believe -anyone- fell for the PowerUp Rewards scam.
But I guess that the 'greater fools' exist for a reason.
20 Games In 40 Minutes from veteran games journos Jon Denton and Chet Roivas. This week: how Resident Evil 6 gets freaky, why Darksiders 2 sells itself short, and why you need to persevere with Rock Band Blitz. Also: Japanese ladies.
