SPIL team has announced the release of Uphill Rush 3. Uphill Rush 3 is a flash game that challenges player to complete a course in a given time. The player can try and beat their previous time, which is represented by a ghost rider. Players can race and perform stunts along the way.

The stunts will add to your score and get your money along the way. The money can be used to buy clothes and different objects for your character to ride on. At the start of the game, player ride on a motorcycle and have to balance the motorcycle while racing. The arrow keys are used to go and balance the bike. If the player tips over, the game is over and they have to start the race over.

The controls are easy to use, but can be configured for any type of set up. The graphics are nice and a bit surprising for a flash game. Most of the time, flash games are not known for their graphics.

If you are into racing games, check out Uphill Rush 3.

Glow Interactive has announced the release of Strange Attraction. Strange Attraction is based on USA Network’s Character Arcade. It incorporates elements from casual games and combines them with elements from harder games.

Players take on the role of Gus as they adventure through 24 different levels and three different worlds. Gus finds out that his friends have been captured by a strange machine and he must save them. Players begin their “training”, which teaches them the controls for the game and introduces them to the gravity switch. Players will need to learn how to utilize the gravity switch in order to rotate the levels and solve the puzzles.

“While we developed and designed ‘Strange Attraction,’ the goal was to appeal to the largest percentage of users and appeal to their skill level,” explained Ted Kacandes, co-founder of Glow Interactive. “We’ve found that while many casual players enjoy old school games like Mario Brothers, they often don’t have the time investment to ‘beat’ the game. ‘Strange Attraction’ is a type of game that players can leave and return to whenever they’d like. In these types of games, if your character dies, you are basically respawned and start right where you left off. That also allows players to come and go to the game as they please and as their schedule allows, yet gives them the eventual satisfaction of completing the game in their own time.”

If Strange Attraction sounds like an interesting game, head here to check it out.

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Detweet is an interesting take on a tower defense style game. The player sets up towers around the map to take out the enemies and the enemies are the interesting twist. The enemies are tweets from twitter. The player can decide which tweet they are tired of hearing about and type that word into the search engine. The tweets that contain that word are then shot down by your towers.

The towers can only be placed on the squares around the map. Players have to strategically place the towers so they will be able to kill the tweets. The towers can be upgraded to shoot further or can be upgraded to have bigger guns. The tweets keep coming until enough of the tweets have gotten by unscathed. The unharmed tweets appear on the side of the screen and when they have reached the bottom of the screen the game is over. Players try to get to the highest level possible.

Detweet is free to play. The game is entertaining and adds a creative spin to the tower defense game. If you like tower defense games, check out Detweet.

Abstract Differences is a spot the difference game, but the pictures are all abstract pictures. Players have to compare the two abstract pictures and find the differences between them. The abstract pictures make it a bit more challenging to find the differences in the pictures.

The differences start our fairly easy to spot, but get difficult after the first few. The abstract art gets more and more detailed, which makes it harder to spot the differences. There is a nice feature that highlights the area you are pointing to on one picture on the other picture, which makes it easy to know if that piece is in the other pitcture. The difference get tricky too. If you do not look close enough, you can miss the differences.

The boards are each timed by a moving clock. The more moving parts the clock has the less time you have to solve the puzzle. The time limit is generous and there are two hints to each level. Players hit the h button on the keyboard for a hint and one of the differences will be highlighted on the board.

The abstract art is neat and each picture is clearly done. Players have no problem identifying the picture and the picture does not hinder the spotting game in anyway.

Over all, Abstract Differences is a fun, but challenging game. The levels build up in difficulty to get players use to the game and then progressively get harder from there. Each new level brings a new picture to solve. If you like spot the difference games, check out Abstract Differences.

Pubbles is a match three game for the PC. There is also a version for Facebook available for play. The Facebook version is not as robust as the PC version, but it gives players a good idea of game play.

The goal of the game is to pop three or more of the same color bubbles. The more bubbles you can pop the higher your score. The Facebook app will allow you to post your high score to your wall for all of your friends to witness. There are many types of match three games, but Pubbles is a bit different, they have a charity event that users can participate in.

The Facebook version of the game allows players to play Pubbles and earn tickets. Each Wednesday there is a drawing. If the player is the owner of the ticket that was drawn, they can pick the charity they would like to get the money. The more you play the more tickets you can earn and the better chance the charity you want will get the money.

If you like match three games, check out Pubbles.