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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Eyes: Scary Thriller’
Well folks, Halloween is just around the corner, so it seemed only appropriate to find something scary and unsettling to play as a time waster. Boy, did I come through.
“Eyes” is a game that is reminiscent of the old “Slenderman” games, where you must walk around a map, collect things and avoid a scary monster. In this case, you walk around a creepy mansion, collect money bags and run away from a horrific, flying serpent head with teeth. Emphasis on the horrific.
This game is weird – and I mean SUPER weird – between the sounds, the eerie music and the atmosphere of the game in general. That’s what this spooky time of year is all about though, right?
You use a virtual joystick to move your character and pick up objects by tapping on them. I will admit though, as easy as it sounds, if you plug in a pair of headphones and play in the darkness of your living room, mustering up the courage to do that sort of fades away. Every room has an ominous look to it. The wind howls and your footsteps are loud. Clocks tick in rooms and hallways. Doors creak when opened. However, when you hear the warning sounds to let you know the monster is nearby (I won’t tell you what they are, you need to experience the sounds for yourself), you know it’s time to run! There are a few other levels and monsters to experience, but they all play the same – just some different scenery!
“Eyes: Scary Thriller” is available to download for free on the Android and IOS stores. As I said, headphones and a dark room are highly recommended.
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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery’
As Halloween approaches, we often find ourselves diving into spooky movies, mysterious stories and even games that allow us to explore the unknown. “Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery” does just that in a small package that is simple, yet also extremely fun.
“Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery” puts you in the shoes of a detective who returns to his father’s town, only to find it completely deserted. Of course, being a detective, you take it upon yourself to figure out what happened and where everyone went – straight out of your typical mystery movie.
You do this by exploring the town, which has many interactive 3D levels that you can rotate and inspect. These levels are filled to the brim with clues to find and puzzles to solve. This game has a great mix of playing through different escape rooms and general quests to get you one step closer to solving the mystery of the town. It’s the type of game that is easy to play, but also makes you think a bit.
You might find a house that has no electricity and needs a fuse, which you find in another location, hence leading you back to where you were to continue to explore. You might find a mysterious bookshelf that needs the books arranged in a certain order to unlock what is behind it. You could be looking for a missing mailbox on a property and find it where you would never have expected.
There is so much variety and so much to solve, you’ll be busy for quite some time. It’s a great themed game during this mysterious and spooky time of the month, so get out there and find out what happened to this detective’s father.
“Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores.
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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Monster Dash’
If you’ve ever played any “endless runner” styled games, then you have definitely sunk a few minutes of your time into a classic called “Jetpack Joyride.” Well, the creators of that also made a game called “Monster Dash,” and it’s quite fun.
“Monster Dash” as stated, is an endless runner game, with the point being to see how far you can get into the never ending level, every time you play. Each time you play, you are hoping you can beat your personal best. What makes “Monster Dash” a nice change of pace from endless runners like “Jetpack Joyride” or even “Temple Run”, is you get weapons, and yes, running and gunning is the name of this game. Most endless runners just see you trying to survive by not being touched by hazards in the game, but at least in this one, you get to destroy them.
You play as Barry Steakfries, the typical Hollywood ripped-sleeves, five o’clock shadow, hair spiked badass. You must guide Barry as he runs and dashes on his quest through the endless level, where you will meet hordes of zombies, mummies, demons and more. As you run through the level, you pick up coins, which can be used to purchase both upgrades and cosmetics for Barry. As you run, you also find different gadgets, weapons and power-ups along the way, to assist you with getting farther than your last attempt.
“Monster Dash” has no real point to it, seeing as there is no real endgame. However, that’s what makes it so much fun. There is nothing to work towards, but your own enjoyment when you need to kill a few minutes of time. Trust me, “Monster Dash” will end up taking a fair amount of it.
“Monster Dash” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores.
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Weekly Time Waster - 'Among Us'
It’s not often that a game slips past my radar these days, especially during these crazy times where gaming is a large part of what I’m doing at home. Apparently, I’m late to the party, as “Among Us” released over two years ago. However, between my discord group and seeing multiple streams on YouTube as of late, this game suddenly became some huge cultural phenomenon out of nowhere, and I had to be a part of it.
“Among Us” is a free-to-play multiplayer title developed by InnerSloth. You are an astronaut, part of a group of 5-10 other cute little astronauts that must repair your ship and keep it in good running order. What’s the kicker? One crew mate is actually an imposter, an astronaut who doesn’t want to fix everything and leave. The imposter must pretend to do the tasks of repairing the ship, while killing off every other crewmate, one by one, and making sure no one else on board the ship suspects them at all.
If a body is found on board the ship, a crewmate can call a meeting, and everyone on board the ship chats to try and figure out who the imposter is. It’s a fun murder mystery, only in the depths of space where no one can hear you scream.
Playing as a basic crewmate, you move from room to room of the ship and complete goals while making a case that you aren’t the imposter – making sure you have an alibi and proving you are in the clear. As each meeting is called, votes are tallied; whoever gets the most votes is booted out. When you are booted out, you become a ghost who gets to spectate how the rest of the match plays out. This is where the game shines, as during meetings, people throw out some of the most amazing (and sometimes borderline insane) accusations against each other I have ever seen in a video game chat. Some people are indeed lying and some people are plain telling the absolute truth; it becomes a fun group effort to sift through the lies and deceit. The accusation chat is half the entertainment.
For a free game on my phone, “Among Us” might be the most addicting I’ve ever played. Grab some friends, because it’s immensely more fun to play with people you know and laugh at how each match ends. You also get to find out which one of your friends and family is the best at telling lies, and who has absolutely no lying bone in their body.
“Among Us” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores!
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Weekly Time Waster – ‘Madden NFL 21 Mobile Football’
With the NFL season upon us this week, I always like to remind everyone about the “Madden Mobile” app, to play some fun digital football along with the football season. It is that time again! However, this year, things are a bit different.
“Madden” as a franchise has always been a yearly release title, and Electronic Arts has decided to push that into the mobile universe as well. In fact, “Madden” in its mobile form is now an entirely new game, so everything you might have had or the team you build in the old game is gone and everyone gets to start over! Yay? A bit sad for people who might have invested heavily in the old app.
So what is “Madden NFL 21 Mobile”? You take on the role of an NFL general manager, and your goal of course is to take your team to the super bowl. You do this just like the old app, by continually collecting, and upgrading your players. It is a bit like building a fantasy football team, except you start with low ranked players, and constantly swap them out with better players as you collect them, building your team to an overall rating between all players. The players can be anyone from current NFL players to legends from the past.
The GM mode takes you through the real NFL season, but of course, you can also play against other people online. There is also a new game mode called “The Yard” which lets you create a football player and play in an almost backyard football fashion in 5v5 scenarios like you would play with your friends at the local field. The offense has a quarterback, a running back, a center to hike the ball, a tight end, and a wide receiver. The defense has a defensive tackle, a middle linebacker, two cornerbacks and a safety. Your created player can be any of the offensive skill positions, which is nice for people who don’t just want to always play quarterback. You can edit how your player looks, how they enter the field, how they celebrate their TDs and how they act when they lose a game.
There is a lot to love from the new concept of “Madden NFL 21 Mobile,” but there is also a lot to dislike, as this newly released game can be a bit buggy. Still, that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying it this NFL season. “Madden NFL 21 Mobile” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores. Get out there and hit the gridiron!
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