Sunday, June 21, 2009

GlueFO

I did not know what to make of the title "GlueFO" at first. I closed my eyes and tried to come up with what "FO" might stand for. I Googled it and apparently it is a Wall Street abbreviation for Fortune Foods. Yet that just didn't seem to fit.

Then I realized that "GlueFO" is supposed to be a glue version of "UFO" or unidentified flying object. Now that makes sense. GlueFO is a game in which you have a spaceship covered in glue. Small meteors stick to your ship and you take these small meteoroids and shoot them at big meteors. After all the big ones are destroyed, you are allowed to move up to the next level.

Now the glue metaphor is not perfect. Yes, the small stones stick to your ship. But who ever heard of glue that turns from a sticky substance into something used for throwing. Yet, I bet both of us will remember the title "GlueFO" when we want to pull this game off the Internet and play a few rounds.

I like the way the instruction tutorial gets right into the game. It is only 45 seconds long, unlike some really dull game tutorials. It gives you the basics so that within one minute of finding this game online, you can be playing it.

The scripts are well written and the code is executed with precision. The game actually stands out among the better quick and easy free online games out there. Try a few rounds and see if the game "sticks" to you.

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