Lemmings, everybody

From joystiq: Play Lemmings online.
(The crazy part about this version of Lemmings is that it was done in DHTML – people are strange.)

I completed the whole thing when it came out in 1990 – there was a summer I remember partly as a series of Lemmings sessions, coming home drunk at 4AM. The really fortunate have tried playing two-player Lemmings on the Amiga (you simply connected two mice).

And I still think this type of game with lots autonomous agents walking around has something going for it – Chu Chu Rocket is a more recent favorite. It’s not about trying to identify with some weird character, it’s all about toying with systems and things that influence each other – the whole emergence thing.

Actually, the recent wave of casual games also follow the formula of not having a main protagonist but rather number of small elements that you can click on or interact with.

PS. In case nobody noticed, I am trying to keep this blog more updated with recent game and academic news.

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