Big Things come in Small Packages

Guimp.com might at a first glance appear to be yet another games website, but my love for it came a few weeks ago when I had an accident and found this little website to be an invaluable great sourse of fun and distraction though what could have been a very miserable time.

To understand exactly why I came to like this website, I'll just explain a little bit about this accident (sorry about getting all anecdotal when I'm supposed to be reviewing!) It actually happened when I was with the co-author of this website, Ka Otoko. We were both round at his house having a great time playing lots of multiplayer computer games via a network. I realised I was being completely trashed, and so suggested we should go and get some fish and chips in an attempt to end the game before my defeat became obvious.

We'd just finished our chips when I started to feel really odd. Ka said he did too. Then we both noticed everything seemed to be much bigger. It turned out we'd been pretty silly mixed up the salt for our chips and his mad scientist sister's shrinking solution, and we both ended up only a few centimetres high. His sister wouldn't be back for a few hours and we didn't know what the antidote was, so we would just have to sit it out for a while. Well, it was that or try to relive moments from “Honey I Shrunk the Kids,” and neither of us really wanted to try some bareback ant-riding at that particular moment in time.

This is where guimp came in handy, letting us continue our computer game session despite our discomfort. My only negative point, and this isn't really the websites fault, is that moving a mouse when it's twice as high as you is a bit tricky. They need to sell separate controllers using nanotechnology or something.
Well, check it out for yourself.

Well, it's that rating time again. This one is a definate Iguana, for reasons which are pretty obvious.

Check it out for yourself!
http://www.guimp.com/

And if you want the full experience then you need to purchase some of Ka's mad sister's shrinking potion from HERE

You Have to Burn the Rope

As far as games go, there is nothing better than seeing a return to 2D sidescrollers in flash. "You Have To Burn The Rope" is an exciting adventure done in 2D that will challenge even the most hard-core gamer to think on their feet.


The game itself was so good it inspired several other people to make games with the same idea.

(see http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/433917 for one of them)




The aim of the game is to make your way through the tunnels, performing a series of difficult jumping manouveres and eventually make your way to the final boss - the Grinning Collossus - who only has one weakness which must be found to finish.


Again, this game takes it all back to basic, simple colours, a simple storyline and great gameplay, but the major feature of this game is the music. Some claim the music is what makes the game so good, but the intuitive gameplay and enjoyable playing makes the game what it is, in my opinion.



Compared with many games, 'You Have to Burn the Rope' is a wonderful play that can be enjoyed by almost anyone, but you MUST have the speakers on to get the whole of the games effect.


Play (and enjoy) the game now - here, on Newgrounds - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/432872

First Review

I thought I'd start off by reviewing a website which I have always considered to be something very special. The thing is, the website I'm going to review really taught me something, and I hope it will teach you something too.

I would like you to think back a moment to the early days of the Internet, before web design software was widely available, before every big company was paying to develop their own websites: back to people sitting typing HTML coding in an attempt to make their own amature homepages. Back in those days a website might have only had coloured text and the odd animated gif to add interest, but at least it was easy to find your way around - you scrolled down, you clicked on the odd hyperlink. The website of today is a jumble of flash buttons, a tangle of links and it's becoming even more interactive, more engaging. Bigger! Bolder! Louder! However some websites get it oh so wrong, making their pages into convoluted monsters, turning people away because they simply can't find their way around for all the glitter.

Sometimes less really is more, and here is an example of this philosophy at work. This website can really teach those budding website designers out there something. The coding behind it is very simple, and yet the sleek design of the page makes it a joy to navigate. The information is just there, ready to be absorbed by the viewer.

I give it rating of Toasty Warm on the Flammable Scale. It loses out on the higher ranks because it has a slight lack of content.

Click here to see for yourself.

If this website really gets to you and teaches you something, please feel free to comment and leave your own ideas, we love getting feedback!