Time Gentlemen, Please from Zombie Cow Studios an adult-oriented animated adventure game for PC and, in some cases, Linux.  With animation that pays tribute to lo-fi 8-bit graphics while being very much of a modern animated bent, the good people at Zombie Cow bring us a point and click choose your own adventure sequel to Ben There, Done That (a free game), filled with very funny text based dialogue that sometimes goes on a bit too long, leading to that dry upper lipped smile when waiting for the punchline of a very long joke.

Nonetheless, the entertainment factor is high and the game demo is worth a look as it will unequivocally provide you with a few minutes of genuine amusement.  Overall, the gameplay is a bit tedious and the incentive to continue figuring out just how to get from one puzzle to the next may be a bit thin for anyone but the staunchest indie game enthusiast.

Title: Time Gentlemen, Please!
Genre: Indie, Adventure
Developer: Zombie Cow Studios
Release Date: Jun 22, 2009
Languages: English

Price: $5 – Buy it now
Download Free Demo – Direct Link

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Daymare Town

Name: Daymare Town
Developer: Mateusz Skutnik
Platform: Browser / Flash / Free

Warning: the following is a walk-through so if you want to enjoy the game, maybe squint your eyes or don’t pay close attention, but you will at least get a sense of the amazing visual design of this game.

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Reviewed by MT

My favorite independent video game to be recently released is World of Goo. There is so much to say about this fantastic title.

Developed by 2D Boy (a pair of guys from San Francisco who have collectively worked for Maxim, EA and pogo.com), the basic premise of the game is to move goo.  This sounds ridiculous, but the game combines a story line that is very affecting by any standard, graphics that leave players stunned and amazed and a level of game play rivaled by no other game currently on the market. It’s that good.

All of the myriad different things to do in this game are almost overwhelming; seemingly mundane tasks such as moving goo, creating goo and solving goo-related puzzles take on importance that cannot be properly quantized with words from the English language.  I know I must sound insane, but you need to play this game for yourself.  At its core, World of Goo is a puzzle game, but it is really so much more than that.

The design is breathtaking, the levels of interaction are countless, there is great sync between the controller and the on-screen action and the visuals vibrate with amazing color and depth.  Sure, the box which the game comes in looks a little bit plain.  Visually, the game itself feels like a juxtaposition of a nostalgic past through the lens of Saturday morning cartoons with hallucinatory, hypnotic visions of the future. I could go on, but just trust me when I say you should start collecting some goo for yourself.

Developer: 2D Boy
Genre: Puzzle, Role-Playing
Platforms: PC / Mac / Linux / Wii Ware
Price: $19.99

Wii version: WiiWare.
PC versions are available at: Steam, Direct2Drive, Greenhouse, Impulse
Mac: Mac Game Store, Gametree Online

Also check the above online store for a Linux version which is also available!