epic freaking awesome

if youve read any of my earlier posts youd know i normally have time for capitalization and punctuation but im bursting to tell you about something that is epic freaking awesome… one sec let me have a second to regain my punctuation… There we go.

What do spaceships, the name “Charlie”, boosters, ninjas, and Greek Mythology all have in common? I can’t think of any, except for that they’re all really awesome. BUT, if you change “ninjas” into “web-based gaming” (another awesome thing!), they would have TWO things in common: they’re all epic freaking awesome, and they are all part of Captain Forever!

Captain Forever (website HERE) is a game by Farbs (website HERE) who is very awesome. And makes epic freaking awesome games, as a bonus.

Captain Forever puts you, a tiny red spaceship names Nemesis, in the depths of space. Talk about cruel. Suddenly, a little green spaceship kind of floats up to you and self-destructs, leaving all its different pieces intact. You grab a hold of these pieces with your mouse and weld them onto your spaceship. You get two lasers, two boosters, and

four block-type things. Then, you zoom through space, attacking enemy ships (with Greek Mythology names) in your little retro-style way. If you blow them up, you get some of their stuff. Lucky you. Then, you weld them on in real-time, sometimes doing so while fending off enemy attacks. But sometimes you will face challenges in your ship-building. And not just “oh, where should I put my charlie-level laser with 500-point damage?” I mean balancing. Each object and object subcategory has its own weight, and each booster has different strength. Being the math nerd I am, I had some fun struggles figuring out where to put everything.

Plus, you can support the game (let’s just call it pre-ordering) for only $15! And it’s already worth, like, $14.86! That’s

just 14¢ worth left for him to do! WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?? GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE EPIC FREAKING AWESOME GAME!

9/10 for sure.

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1 Comment · Posted by Vince in Uncategorized on Sep/7/09