BlueMonday1984's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Find a smiley]

An otherwise-basic find-the-smiley game with some surprisingly spooky diversions. That you have to click the odd smileys to get jumpscared makes it particularly effective.

[Deckerware - Eggbug Party Games]

A pretty charming microgame collection, even if the lack of microgames led to it getting repetitive.

Of all the microgames, "Catch Eggbugs!" was my least favourite - trying to click those eggbugs is a PITA.

May Cohost rest in peace, and may we learn from its successes and failures.

[WigglyPaint]

A simple, but fun drawing program - one that's pretty damn conducive to silly, but fun doodles.

[Memory.exe]

Short, sweet, and simply magical. A finely-crafted metroidvania, paired with impressive puzzles, and capped off a beautiful ending sequence.

Finished my playthrough in 87754 frames, and it was worth every single one.

squidly responds:

Ahh it’s so amazing to see people appreciate this game after so long. Especially enjoying that ending sequence… it really has been so long!

[Kill Eminem]

This hits a lot different after twenty-plus years - Shady may have been just another young, scrappy upstart back when this released, but now he's more-or-less an elder statesman of rap, with a lengthy list of awards to his name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Eminem), and a long and storied career.

The Slim Shady persona that ol' Marshall was known for before this is also pretty much dead now - sure, "The Death of Slim Shady" may have given him one last hyperoffensive swan song, but "Guilty Conscience 2" quite literally killed that fucker.

A pretty basic shooting gallery - just wait for Shady to pop up, open fire on the guy, rinse and repeat until 5k's reached. That hitbox can put the "Slim" in "Slim Shady", and Marshall can be surprisingly quick on the draw, though.

[Make My Next Game]

Short, sweet, and pretty fun little text adventure, with plenty of funny responses to whatever silly things the player comes up with. The text parser can be a bit finicky, but that's fine by me.

[QuickPic 2005]

Got to Level 11 and earned 31150 points first time around.

Its not particularly original (its essentially just Memory with a time limit), but this was a pretty fun test of my memory and concentration. Compared to the original, it did feel a bit easier, though the pictures being larger probably helped.

[Blood Gauntlet]

I gotta say, this was pretty damn fun. The blood system itself provided a fair dose of fast-paced action and a hefty dose of difficulty, as any minor mistake would be harshly punished.

[Consealed]

I gotta say, some of those alien tells are real damn subtle - I struggled to pick up on them whilst under time pressure. Still had plenty of fun, though - killing aliens and seals alike felt pretty damn nice, and the Famicom visuals gave this a fair bit of retro charm.

[T-Story 110%™ - Falling Puzzle Game]

The base system's a bit more barebones than I prefer (hold piece and hard drop were conspicuous in their absence), and the A/V is pretty lacking IMO, but the idea of co-op Tetris is still pretty damn cool, and nicely executed.