Newsletter 89

One of the first games you learn as a kid is rock, paper, scissors, and usually, everyone you play with revolves around those three choices to win.

But do you remember that annoying kid in the playground who always pulls out weird picks for the game? You’d go for paper, then they’d shout out, “Gun!” then they'd go off to explain why gun always beats paper afterward?

Yup, What Beats Rock is exactly like that. This game gets blown out of proportion pretty quickly, and it really is funny in the way it makes you rack your head every single time. Our tip? Don’t throw out answers like “Sun” and “Nuclear bomb” from the get-go, as those are really hard to beat.

Five game insights we think will pique your interest!

Wordfall is an easy word game to pick up and play with very simple mechanics. You have to form words using the letters that fall down after being clicked. Keep in mind that you can’t manually change the arrangement of the letters after they fall down, and that the letters will fall according to their position in the given sentence.

Lazy Tetris is exactly as it sounds. This is Tetris made for people who want to arrange and clear blocks without the hassle of the increasing speed and difficulty spikes that normal Tetris has. While most people would think it’d take away the challenge of the game, there is a certain kind of fun in just arranging the pieces without the anxiety involved with speed.

Flight Fee Dodger is a satirical web game designed to poke fun at the predatory business practices of some airlines and big corpo names in general. We swear, everything can be made into a fun game as long as it’s delivered entertainingly.

Asterog is basically the old Asteroids game on steroids. The premise is the same: you shoot and avoid giant space rocks. But the added twist is that this time, there are roguelike elements in the form of power-ups that turn your starting ship from a piddly little pea shooter to a Death Star in just a few minutes.

Most of the games we listed today aren’t exactly new, but with the right elements in them, even the most ancient of games can become fresh. This is what makes the video game industry so endlessly interesting—the continuous flow of innovation and creativity.

Imagine making a boring game of rock, paper, scissors into something absurd or turning a fake flight booking website into something fun. You’d never expect that, right?

To that, we share a fitting quote from Erich Fromm, a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and humanistic philosopher:

“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”

You’ve beaten the work week, well done! If you’re looking for a quick game to unwind with, try out our very own Crosswordle and join the 30,000+ daily players with a community that keeps on growing!

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That’s all for this week. See you next Friday!

The Hey, Good Game Team