I have always liked the Boxhead series of games, because even though the pace has always been a little slow, the volume of zombies that the game throws at you can make it almost unnerving. In addition to the typical slow moving zombie hoards, this update gives us better graphics, faster moving characters, and some better weapons. The game seems to have done away with the creepy zombie groaning of the original, but the new boards and characters are a welcome addition.

With a score of only 533,000, I’m no Ash Williams, but maybe you can prove yourself worthy. Let me know how you do in the comments.

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Maybe you can do better than 8582. Let me know how you do in the comments.

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Maybe you can do better than 5,242. If you miss three times, the game is over. Let me know how you do in the comments.

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I got 12,400 on level 5, so when you do better, be sure to drop your score in the comments.

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Play Deflector

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You’d think that this would be the easiest game on the web, but the best that I could do was 20, and it took me quite a few tries to even get that.

If you do better, I’d like to hear your strategy in the comments because this game makes me feel like I have no skill at all.

Good Luck!

Play Crate Escape

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The game is like Galaxian on crack, but the twist that makes it replayable is the weapon absorption. By holding down the X key, you can absorb the powers of robots who are near you. The robots get better and better weapons as the game progresses, so you end up having to decide whether to kill a robot on sight, or risk being killed in the melee while you attempt to absorb its powers.

It’s all robots, lasers, and a kick ass butterfly, and I didn’t a single baby bird, tree, or anyone in a cape the whole time I was playing.

My best score was a little over 13,000, but I’m sure you can do better. Post your high scores in the comments.

Enjoy!

Play The Last Canopy

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Each blue box starts at 10 points, but with every passing second, the box’s value drops and your size increases, making speed as important as accuracy. Every 20 boxes, you get a little relief in the form of a green buggle, which gives you a small amount of time to destroy some of the red buggles that inevitably fill up the screen.

I’ve played a few variations of this game before (such as Ballo), but I think the added time pressure makes this game a lot more more fun than its peers.

My best score was 620. Post your high scores in the comments.

Enjoy!

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Where PongOut makes things interesting is that you have to play both games on a split screen at the same time. You move the mouse horizontally to control the breakout paddle, and vertically to control the pong paddle. It’s like wrestling two seniors at once: You don’t know why it’s challenging or appealing, but strangely, you keep going back for more.

When I play, I tend to suddenly and inexplicably stop paying attention to one of the sides and lose a couple of lives before I realize what’s going on, so the best I’ve been able to do is 11,035. The only essential trick to doing well in this game is knowing that pressing ‘M’ will mute the music.

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While I can’t say that this is truly the world’s hardest game, I will say that it’s certainly a lot harder than it looks.

Enjoy!

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Tower defense games have never held my interest, so I wasn’t expecting to like this one, but Canyon Defense has been very addictive for me. Not only is it more intuitive than than most tower defense games, but it’s the first that I’ve found that appeals to people who were into Starcraft rather than Warcraft.

My best score is somewhere in the 116,000 range and I’ve never unlocked more than four levels of defenses.

Enjoy!

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For each successive card that you play before your computerized opponent, your points for that card double (i.e. the first card you play is worth two, the second is worth four, the third is worth eight, and so on) until your opponent plays a card and resets the points back to two. Each round gets successively faster until you find yourself cursing your opponent as if it could hear you.

In my best game, I reached level 6 and ended up with a total of 6,160 points. #1GF! reached level 20, earning a whopping 10,424 points. Those are the scores to beat, folks.

Enjoy!

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If you’re still winding down from the family visits and last minute shopping, there’s nothing like a dose of virtual dynamite to clear out that holiday stress.

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This is a little more difficult because you have to use the arrow keys, but what do you care? You’re just trying to make it to the other side of the holidays.

The best that I could do was 1760 points.

Post your high scores in the comments.

Update: #1GF! is at 1960 points.

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The best that I could do was 212 ft.

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I gave up after 34 levels. How did you do?

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The highest I got was 17, which you should be able to take care of without a problem.

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After a while you will start to recognize the answers, but I guarantee you’ll find yourself making stupid mistakes when the pressure is on.

The best that I could do was 64 correct answers in 2:08 for a score of 67,881.

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I managed to get 10.17 in level A, 15.84 in level B, and 2.91 in level D. The rest I gave up on to keep me from throwing my monitor against the wall. None of the scores were remotely good enough to get me into the top 50, and I’m sure you’ll beat them easily.

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All you have to do is drag the rings into stacks from largest on bottom to smallest on top. Stacking two is worth 250, three is 500, and four is worth 1000. You have to make a certain amount of stacks to pass each round, and the game ends when a you fail to stop a larger ring from landing on top of a smaller ring.

I managed to get 108,250 points in round 11. Post your high scores to the comments…

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The game uses the Z key for low shots and the X key for high shots. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of moving the mouse to where the ball is.

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Bounceout: This is a the simplest, and one of the oldest, “match 3″ games that #1GF! has been solidly beating me at for years. It made a comeback for this competition.
Result: #1GF!: Way, way, more than 10,566, Me: 10,566

Super Collapse!: This is one of the granddaddies of “match 3″ games, at which #1GF! usually mauls me. This time, the tables were turned. I think the only thing better than the nerve wracking ticking, is the explosion sounds.
Result: Me: 224,000, #1GF!: Lower than 224,000

Panic Box: All you have to do is use your mouse to keep the little black square in the big blue square while the game distracts you. This game makes me mad, and makes #1GF! into a competitive fireball.
Result: #1GF!: 50, Me: 34

Fast Food: You are this crazy looking rabbit that has to make fast food orders. You have to pour soda, cheese, salsa, and chocolate on the appropriate food items as they roll by on the counter. This started off really easy, but ended up causing a lot of laughs and frustration as the orders got harder. I’d have to say that this ended up being a favorite of the competition.
Results: Me: 1660, #1GF!: 910)

Papa’s Pizza: You’re the pizza maker at Papa’s Pizza. Your only job is to make the pizzas as the orders come in. The faster you make them, the longer you stay in business. It’s simple, but I love listening to the guy grumble out the orders.
Result: Me: 203, #1GF!: less than 203

Jewel Miner: In this “match 3″ puzzle variation, the goal is to make matches that destroy all of the background tiles on the board. Do that before the claim jumpers drill into your mine, and you move on to the next level. #1GF! didn’t really like this one for some reason.
Result: Me: 140735, #1GF!: (lower score not recorded.)

Zulu Gems: This is sort of a combination between Tetris and Bejeweled.
Result: Me: 2500, #1GF!: (lower score not recorded.)

Tropix: This is another variation on the “match 3″ puzzle game. I got to level 2-6 before I was bored shitless and handing the mouse to #1GF!, who had the opposite reaction and played until I made her move on.
Result: An unscored, mind-numbing tie

So, as you can see, the final score was 1 tie, 5 wins for me, and 2 wins for #1GF!, making me the clear video game and PC game champion of the apartment. [Cue fanfare]

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