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The Wu-Tang Clan Returns (Unofficially) With The Sewer Goblet

Tales of Game, the team behind Charles Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden have released their latest freeware roguelike The Sewer Goblet: The Wu-Tang Clan and the Wu-Tang Baby, a dungeon crawling adventure starring GZA, RZA, the late Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon and the rest of the Wu-Tang crew. And for maximum appeal, Tales of Game has introduced the Wu-Tang Baby, a "tiny but majestic baby with a mysterious pendant" adopted by the seminal rap group.

You'll need to protect ya neck as you explore the 36 chambers of the sewer, reclaiming the Wu-Tang Baby from the Cheese Panda. You'll find the freely downloadable The Sewer Goblet: The Wu-Tang Clan and the Wu-Tang Baby, should you be so inclined to take the low fidelity, high concept adventure.

The Sewer Goblet - The Wu-Tang Clan and the Wu-Tang Baby [Gaming World Forums via Waxy]

8:40 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Michael McWhertor
3,439 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: shame on a noob who tried to run game on a noob more »

freeware

Ikarium Is Like Civ, But Free

What'd I do today? I was meant to do some work. That didn't really happen. Instead, I ended up hovering around Ikarium all day. It's a free, web-based strategy game that's basically Civilization, except it's web-based, and it's free. And entirely multiplayer. Alliances, diplomacy, war, trade, the works. What's best is that build routines are done in real-time, so you can open it up first thing in the morning, set some orders then just let it run over the course of the day, only requiring you to check in every now and again to keep things ticking along. Just like a good web-based (ie office-friendly) game should be.
Ikarium [Gameforge, via TIGS]

3:30 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Luke Plunkett
7,858 views, 32 comments

Latest by Scruffylookin13: Not that it matters that much, but u spelled the name wrong... I had the browser open to the game and came back hear to see the comments, tried searching and couldn't find it... more »

freeware

BusinessWeek...Arcade?

BusinessWeek are very serious. So seeing they've just opened the "BusinessWeek Arcade" - which is a catalogue/portal for "some of the Web's best free, independently produced games" - on their site is a bit of a shock. Not as big a shock as seeing the calibre of games they've got on there, though. No shitty, cheap flash games here: the idle professional will instead be enjoying top-shelf titles like Crayon Physics, Toribash, Tumiki Fighters and - yes - Off-Road Velociraptor Safari.
BusinessWeek Arcade [via IndieGames]

3:00 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,347 views, 21 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I've been following the Independent/Indie game scene for some time now... and I must say the stuff that's coming out from them is getting more attention from me than the stuff that's coming out for new gen consoles. Creativity is the more »

freeware

ROM CHECK FAIL Is The Opposite Of Fail

Farbs' excellent ROM CHECK FAIL is a WarioWare-style retro mash up featuring the gameplay, music and graphics from gaming's best arcade and console classics. The freeware PC game (a wee download) borrows from Defender, The Legend of Zelda, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Spy Hunter, Qix, Buster Bros. and others to create a quirky, fun race against the clock for high scores. One second Link is stabbing away at asteroids, the next Pac-Man is biting his way through an Arkanoid level.

It may not hold your attention for more than twenty minutes, and may frustrate as Gauntlet ghosts are bearing down on your Space Invaders ship, leaving you helpless, but it's so worth checking out.

Freeware Game Pick: Rom Check Fail (Farbs) [Indie Games]

2:40 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Michael McWhertor
7,744 views, 51 comments

Latest by Shoot2thrill: Screeching hurts at times Wish for larger screen It was pretty fun, though drugs would make it better more »

freeware

Bums...In...Space!

This is Twin Hobo Rocket, a pretty great downloadable game by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, creators of Tri-achnid. You control two bums. In space. As they pop balloons and pester aliens for spare change. It's only 5MB, and has some wonderful toe-tappin hobo music, so go on, have a go.
Freeware Game Pick: Twin Hobo Rocket [IndieGames]

3:30 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,385 views, 14 comments

best of 2007

2007's Best Freeware Games Chosen By The Authority

The world's best gaming deals can't beat "free!", so for those without a gift card in hand this post-holiday season, you may want to take a gander at The Independent Gaming Source's best freeware games of 2007. The number of titles, across an amazingly broad 30 categories, point out the year's best shooters, platformers and RPGs that can be had without anything more than some disposable bandwidth. Topping the list is a game that I only recently discovered myself while searching for Gradius pics, a Warning Forever-style top down boss fight-only shooter named Fraxy. The Japanese freeware game lets players create their own levels (bosses) with an intuitive editor. Other titles you may already be familiar with, including Knytt Stories, Guxt, Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die and the now free Command and Conquer.

Best Freeware Games of '07 - 30 Categories! [TIG Source]

5:00 PM on Mon Dec 31 2007
By Michael McWhertor
14,518 views, 55 comments

Latest by Krondonian: @Xelotath: If only more people knew. If you happen to read this, have you made any levels? more »

cave story

Variant Interactive Clarifies Cave Story PSP

Last time we posted about the sublime freeware platformer Cave Story and its upcoming migration to the PSP, many of you called me out, claiming that this project by Variant Interactive was widely known to be an unauthorized port. Pixel had apparently decried it. I was so swayed by the collective voice that I urged none of you to buy it. More »

6:00 AM on Fri Oct 20 2006
By kotaku.com
5,009 views, 18 comments

toribash

Toribash!!!

We got a curious email from Hampa, pointing us to this video of his bizarre, bloody turn-based fighter, Toribash. "I know you featured the game Toribash a bit before!" Hampa insisted. More »

10:40 AM on Mon Oct 16 2006
By kotaku.com
1,723 views, 26 comments

psp

Cave Story Comes To The PSP! Hooray!

With Vice City Stories and Silent Hill: Origins coming to the PSP in the next couple of months, Sony's brick has almost gone from "Portable Most Likely To Be Stuffed Into A Sock And Used To Bludgeon Ken Kutaragi Clean To Death" to being marginally worth having. But the announcement that Pixel's freeware 8-bit classic, Cave Story is coming to the PSP is a huge boon for the system. More »

6:00 AM on Mon Oct 9 2006
By kotaku.com
3,588 views, 28 comments

xb stream

App Chews up PC HD Space, Knocks Out Podcasts

A new bit of seemingly helpful software called XB Stream has managed to knock out a bunch of podcast sites. More »

3:34 PM on Sun Sep 17 2006
By Brian Crecente
107 views, 8 comments

warning forever

New SHMUP from the Creator of Warning Forever: Ray-Hound

Almost more interesting than their story itself is this sidebar over at TIGSource. "Serious game journalists needed!" it proclaims in the headline. Next sentence? A salutation to those very same self-stylized Pauline Kaels of gaming: "Hey bitches." More »

8:40 AM on Tue Aug 15 2006
By brownlee
574 views, 3 comments

greater internet fuckwad

Metric Butt-Ton of Free Games

Megagames.com has compiled a gigantic list of free games for those blogging hobos that are popping up everywhere. There are approximately 400 in the list, from the unsightly yiff-fest MMO "Furcadia", to the socially-conscious condom shill "Catch the Sperm". More »

7:20 PM on Mon Jun 26 2006
By egauger
510 views, 2 comments

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Cave Story Hell Speedrun

Cave Story is one of the greatest games ever made. Period, then exclamation point, then my hobnail boot imploding the obnoxious face of the fool who disagrees. So charming, frantic, ethereal... the creator, Pixel, is one of those quiet, imminently modest geniuses that just melts your heart. More »

4:40 PM on Thu May 18 2006
By brownlee
802 views, 2 comments

pong

Play Plasma Pong Pronto

I am a total sucker for free games, particularly free games that don't inflict advertising pain, are virus free, and take an old concept and inject with something new. This time, the something old is Pong and the something new is an "environment driven by computational fluid dynamics". Ouch! My brain! More »

9:17 AM on Sat Mar 11 2006
By Michael McWhertor
622 views, 3 comments

lifehacker

How to Cheat on Any Single Player Game

Nerd-chic sister site Lifehacker brings word of a Windows-only Freeware program that lets you cheat. Called "Poke," the freeware doesn't let gamers fudge at multiplayer titles, but is perfect for single-player titles like The Sims. How does it work? More »

5:20 AM on Fri Feb 24 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
381 views, 6 comments

freeware

Top Five Freewares of 2005

Now that Christmas has come and gone and gifts are likely a thing that's not coming your way until next year, it's time to start looking for freebies again. Fortunately for all of us, Ghacks put together a cool list of the best freeware of the year. Their top five include strategy, action, shooter and adventure. More »

2:02 PM on Thu Dec 29 2005
By Brian Crecente
623 views, 5 comments

war games

Video Games Tackle Saddam Hussein

Over at 1UP.com has a story about Kuma Reality Games and their free, slightly strange Saddam Hussein game. The game places players in the middle of Iraqi history in positions with the ability to stop the horrors of Hussein (in some cases) before they start. It's part video game, part history lesson - but at least it's free. More »

8:40 AM on Fri Oct 21 2005
By lsmith
1,005 views, Comment