As long as we're doing threads for videos and TV, I thought people might be interested in a thread that groups all the online games that have been recommended.

Here are the ones I've posted so far that I could find:

Blosics 2
This Is The Only Level
One Button Bob
Creeper World

I really friggin' love Creeper World. I wouldn't have thought that I liked tower defense games, because usually I don't like games that are very nerve-wracking. I do, however, love strategy, so that's probably what draws me to them. My favorite game on Android is Robo Defense, and I bought the full version of Creeper World and finished every one of the missions. I also seriously got into Plants vs Zombies, having only purchased it from Steam on Saturday, and already finished everything but some of the survival modes and purchasing items in the store.

And here's a new one. I'm not sure whether I recommend it or not. I love the interesting gameplay ideas it creates, but the collision detection occasionally gets so annoying I stopped playing. Definitely worth checking out though, if you like new gameplay ideas:

Invisible Runner

Steambirds

Pretty fun turn-based aerial dogfighting. I can't imagine how to beat 1949, though.

Looks fun, but it won't let me past the first level...

Demolition Dude - pretty fun, but I'm glad they occasionally give you skips, which I used twice. It's also nice that they give you an in-game link to Youtube tutorials on how to get through the levels. Kinda cheating, but sometimes you just get fed up

Paper Cannon - a similar game. also fun, also occasionally frustrating.

My apologies if this thread annoys anyone Just figured some folks might like one or two of these games.

Brick Yard 2 - great idea, essentially the opposite of Tetris, where you're attempting to stack the pieces as high as possible.

Japanese breakout game - barely even a game, and about two minutes in it's not even difficult, but it's pretty fun to watch the colors go. Probably even better if you're on something...

No, I totally love the games you mention. Keep it up!

Thanks! Happy to do so!

Yeah I play them I just never actively go looking for any so I don't find any to post. Keep posting for us lazy people

Ditto, keep up the good work!

Thanks folks.

BTW, this isn't one of my usual games I recommend, but if you have a Wii, I can't recommend highly enough the game that came out this week for Wii Ware:

Cave Story

The only apprehension I have in recommending it is that I haven't played it on the Wii, and they've done a lot of work to get it on there. I played it for the PC, and it's one of the best 2D platform gaming experiences I've ever had.

Brick Yard becomes much easier after you unlock the bottom slot.

I tend to be a somewhat "care-free" mouse clicker, and as such gave up on that game, however much I enjoyed it. I just couldn't get past the hard crash when I accidentally right-clicked. And unlike other flash games that save your progress (using cookies I assume), this one appears to make you start over.

It saves progress for me.

Taberinos - It's like a weird game of billiards, really requiring you to think out where your shot will end up. The only negative I have for it is that it's the type of flash game that starts over if you fail. I prefer the kind that saves your progress (like Brick Yard apparently does if you're not me ).

Did you buy Cave Story yet ?

I am going to get it tonight when I get home. Everything I have read has said it is still good and if you don't like the new graphics I sounds like you can play it in the original mode.

Edit:

I have been playing for a couple hours and it's still good. I have only used the new graphics and sound. The only annoying things I have found so far are they only let you change the sound and graphics options from the main menu so if you are playing you need to save and exit to the main menu.

So go buy it Wii owners

Yeah, that's definitely on my to do list for tomorrow. It really is an amazing game. One thing I'm worried about is the control scheme. When I played on the PC, I was actually using a weird USB controller, but I'd mapped the buttons exactly how I wanted them, very customized to how I played the game. I'm curious to see how it carries over.

They really put a lot of care into making this "port." It's almost not a port anymore, what with the improved graphics and all the other work that went into it.

1 is shoot 2 is jump the button on the bottom switches weapons. Having to use the button on the bottom is kind of annoying. I don't think you can remap anything but I didn't look either.

I guess it works with the classic controller too but I haven't tried that so I don't know how those are mapped.

Holy cow, Cave Story is as good as I remember, and probably even better now that it's on the Wii. The graphics and sound are perfectly updated. Just enough so that it looks good but still gives that faux-retro feel.

And the gameplay... oooohhh man... This seriously has some of the best gameplay I've ever had from a 2D platformer. Just beautiful. I love that right out of the gate you can do cool moves like jumping over enemies while firing down at them. Then things get out of control once you get the lvl3 machine gun. YES!

So, yeah, this is probably my favorite Wii game now. And it's just a WiiWare title! I'll have to check some more WiiWare games out. I really loved Lost Winds.

I have been playing a bunch all weekend and it has been great playing something that doesn't try to hold your hand all the time. I have actually done some things out of order from what the game expects.

This is the first wii ware game I have bought too but I have a bunch of virtual console games. That's pretty much all I do on the wii.

It doesn't do that, but there were a few points where I really had to strain to think what to do next, and I didn't always enjoy that. Still, lots of fun.


Actually, I've bought a WiiWare game before. Check out Lost Winds. And I believe the sequel is out or will be soon. I have to check that out.

I just really like when I can explore that's why the first Legend of Zelda is still my favorite game. They just drop you there and you have no idea what to do.

The reviews of Lost Winds look pretty good I will have to try it after I get done with this one.

wOne - kind of a weird game where you're a spinning wheel, trying to collect barrels (for some reason). It's kind of refreshing to have only two buttons for control.

Starlight 2 - rotate the stars until the image appears. After the tutorial levels, the first level I was dumped into on my own took me a crazy amount of time to figure out and get the hang of it, but after that I blazed through the rest, spending about 3 seconds on each. My favorite was "Gregory House"

That one was a little too easy. There was (to me) an obvious trick:

Yeah, I was a tad disappointed too. Like I said, it took me about a minute to get the first one (I kept trying to rotate it TOO much, and moving the mouse off the screen), but once I figured it out they were pretty much all the same exact thing, and each one takes about 3 seconds to figure out. Even when you get really close to the result, you don't even have to see what the image is to finish, you just have to straighten up the lines. I typically didn't know what the stars made until I finished each puzzle.

And wOne is okay, but a tad annoying. Not my best finds, I know

Tiny Castle - The level design in this one is pretty fun. There are a couple annoying points, and the humor at the end is not that funny, but the rest is a good time.

Effing Hail - my favorite name of any game I've posted here. I always love seeing new gameplay elements, and this one is fun. It sort of just...ends, though. I wish they'd let you play in the sandbox for a while.

Imperfect Balance - Brick Yard was like the opposite of Tetris, and this one is like the opposite of Brick Yard, but not at all like Tetris

Blokus
Quick play lets you play against 3 computer players, or you can play as guest against other people. This is assuming you don't want to register and spend loads of time there.

Woah! That one's tough to get my head around! Thanks for posting that!