Score: 4

"bug?"

submission: Siege Tank Defence

date: December 5, 2009

graphics were nice, sound was great.

maybe its only my computer, but where the hell was I? i saw no tank that was 'me', nor did movement keys accomplish anything.

Score: 6

"good, but...."

submission: Pandemic II

date: December 5, 2009

a few quibbles:
1. even if the disease has no visible symptoms and no infectiousness (after allowing the disease to spread a bit), countries vaccinate and close borders. usually countries don't vaccinate against diseases that cause a sneeze or two.
2. countries never reopen borders, shipyards, hospitals, or airports based on the current status of the disease. that's not terribly realistic!
3. wtf @ madagascar.

Score: 6

"bug?"

submission: The Last Frontier

date: December 1, 2009

i played this a few days ago on a different computer...

is anyone else having load problems?

Score: 10

"nice"

submission: Epic Battle Fantasy

date: May 2, 2009

added to favorites, even though i wanted to not like it.

even though this was probably what i'd call 'low concept' in that it really wasn't anything truly new it was so wonderfully executed i had fun despite myself, and will likely play this again.

Score: 8

"glitzy...but"

submission: RetroShoot

date: April 14, 2009

i found the mouse interface a bit off-putting, since there is a delay between the mouse movement and the ship's movement.

however, the graphic presentation is really top-notch and has a glitzy retro-future ray-traced neon feel that i haven't seen done before.

high marks for that, but the mouse delay was a significant minus for me.

Score: 10

"awesome tribute"

submission: Trick-or-Treat Adventure!

date: February 14, 2009

this is a tribute that manages to really capture the feel and fun of old point and click games...i'm reminded of maniac mansion in particular. great all-around design, and i loved the sense of humor and obscure references.

perhaps my only small bone to pick is that giving toilet paper to billy idol is not exactly intuitive, nor would i ever have thought to give beer to soundwave without the walkthrough.

other than that, this was well worth my time and was one of the most enjoyable games i've played on newgrounds, period. hell, it even beat out a lot of games i've played on actual consoles!

Score: 9

"unique"

submission: Super Stacker 2

date: February 14, 2009

this shouldn't have amused me at all.

Score: 7

"should be sped up a touch"

submission: Captain Low-Rez Ep.2

date: December 6, 2008

don't recall if i commented on the last flash, but my only complaint is that this moves slightly too slow.

sped up just a hair in pace, this would be much better.

much like old atari and intellivision, its fun in a mild way, but not excitingly overstimulating.

i dug the voice synth...reminds me of the old intellivoice module.

Score: 7

"schitzoprenia was never so fun"

submission: Arfenhouse: The Movie

date: December 1, 2008

i'm torn as to whether this is all completely random, or a product of schizophrenia. it contains a certain mad genius, much like the ramblings of a schitzophrenic...you want to believe there is some kind of sense buried behind the mutterings about the cia and aliens bugging their fillings...

Score: 9

"unusual mood"

submission: Genevieve

date: November 28, 2008

peculiar mood to these that i can't quite put my finger on; a hint of grimm's, with a dash of dr. seuss and tim burton, wrapped in a goth-themed plush towel from hot topic.

i can't help thinking that adults aren't really the target audience for these cartoons, they really feel more like a children's storybook to me, or perhaps a darker relative of those old stop-motion christmas movies of my youth.