Before the digital distribution networks, PSN and XBLA, became the showcase for ambitious indie darlings like Braid and Limbo, these cyber storefronts featured a dependable selection of classic arcade titles and addictive puzzlers. In fact, on the day Ed Humphries bought his 360, he logged more time playing the freebie Hexic than he did with the show stopping Call of Duty 2. That’s the beauty of a good puzzle game: if the concept is tight and the execution flawless, the intangible “just one more level” mindset takes root; leaving those speaker-blasting battles to wait another day. Nowadays, the marketplaces are jammed with a vast menagerie of downloadable delights, representing all genres. Where these once bite-sized titles have grown much larger, smaller titles like Mercury Hg exist to tax your brain.
A.J. says: "As Sony's first system capable of downloading games, the PlayStation 3 sure had a phenomenal library. Here, I count down ten buried treasures that you may not have heard of but are worth playing before you put your PS3 on Craigslist."
Is Mercury Hg in it's element on 360?
Here's a snippet:
"The main objective of Mercury Hg is to guide a blob of mercury through a maze like play area littered with traps and obstacles to reach the goal whilst keeping as much of the solution together. This is done by using the left stick to control the mercury and the right stick to tilt the maze to get a better perspective of proceedings."
A collection of 10 of this fall's most oddly-named offerings -- and why you might want to play them.
Goofy title aside, Stealth Bastard looks awesome.
Too bad there's no Mac version.
Lots of funny names in the Kinect Fun Labs.
I believe one is called "Googly Eyes" and it has an amazing theme song.
That Catball game looks trippy as hell. The dogwall eats the entire level? What the heck...
