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.

OGPlanet announced Hockey Dash has entered open beta. Hockey Dash is a free to play online game that is a combination between street hockey and ice hockey. The strategy is taken from ice hockey, while the fast pace action is taken from street hockey.

Players attempt to score on their opponents by finding the weakness in their defense and getting the puck into the goal. It is easier to say than do, though, considering the game uses street hockey physics. Players have to master the movement of street hockey to be able to score on their opponents. Hockey Dash has simplified the rules of hockey so anyone can jump into the game and have fun while playing.

“OGPlanet has found success with gameplay styles that most companies don’t think are suited to online play, like Rumble Fighter,” said Sangchul Park, CEO of OGPlanet. “We think we’ve got another winner with Hockey Dash. Its fast pace and unique game mechanics make for a very high-energy, fun multiplayer experience.”

If you like hockey style sports games, check out Hockey Dash.

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Fureyes is a tower defense game written in flash. The goal of the game is to protect your base from the attacking fureyes. Fureyes are little fury creatures that attack your base. The base only has so much life and every time a fureye hits the base the bases loses some of its life. The game is over when the base loses all of its life.

The fureyes can destroy the towers as well, but the towers can be repaired. Each tower has a repair option and an upgrade option. The towers can only be dropped in certain places, which adds to the difficulty of the game. A tower can not be replaced by a new tower either. The tower can only be placed down if no other tower is in the designated spot. Towers can be sold to get them off the spot and a new tower can be put in its place.

Along with the towers there are magic spells and potions that can be used to defeat the fureyes. The spells can be upgraded along the way to affect different types of fureyes. The potions are made from ingredients that drop when the fureyes die. The player has to click on the ingredients to capture them. Potions can’t be created until all of the ingredients are captured.

Fureyes Base Defense is a fun and entertaining tower defense game. The different mechanics of the game keep the game a little different than other tower defense games. The game can get difficult, but it is always fun to have some challenge. If you are looking for a good tower defense game, check out Fureyes Base Defense.