Nuclear Family Warhead

I first saw this computer game at the in-laws when we were there for a visit.  The kids were having fun with it, and eventually Nukeboy2 convinced me to give it a try.  If you’ve never played, it’s kind of like Tetris in reverse; with 8 different “heads” to shoot upwards instead of shapes dropping down on you.  To eliminate the characters you must shoot one “head” into two matching heads that have to be touching each other.  OK, so I guess it’s not like Tetris at all, but it is just as, if not more, addicting.  Don’t believe me?  Go here and download the shareware.  E-mail me two weeks from now at 3:00am, right before your family’s intervention and your trip to The Betty Ford Clinic-Video Division.

There are several different categories to this game, ranging from “Easy” all the way to “Armageddon”.  Then there is one called “Puzzle”.  Puzzle is my addiction of choice.  It gets under your skin, makes you want it more and more until you can’t control yourself.  Next thing you know your playing 20 to 30 games in a sitting.  The phone is ringing, but you don’t care; you have to beat this level!  It is like luggage, it will be with you for life.  Since it is shareware, you can play up to 100 games on each level.  But puzzle is different.  You can play the first 15 levels of Puzzle until the end of time.  That’s how they get you.  See, there are actually 50 levels in all to Puzzle, but you only get to sample the first 15.  Like a drug dealer who gives out “samples” until they have you hooked.   If you want to see the rest, you must register for $19.99.  This is fair, and the developers should be rewarded for their hard work and I WILL register, it’s just; they made a mistake. 

Each time you start a new game, up top is a graphic that tells you how many games you’ve played, and how much that would average out to per game if you would only REGISTER!  Mine tells me that I have played 783 games; “that’s only 0.03 per game” they taunt.  Well, I accept their challenge: I will play for free until my message says: “that’s only 0.00 per game”.  I figure I have about 1,217 games to get it down to a penny, after that, who knows how long it will take me to roll back the game odometer to zero.

Proceed with caution!  Don’t send the Vice Squad my way claiming I was your supplier.  If you get caught up in it, you’re on your own.  Don’t stand up in your “SA” (Snood Anonymous) meeting and blame it all on me.  Once you have your feet back under you, maybe you can try out Snood Towers.  Did I forget to mention that one?  Oh, yeah, just as addictive; maybe more.  You may fall off of the wagon and break both ankles.  Can you say “Relapse”?

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