Attack of the Killer Broccoli - Today's time waster

by Brad Linder Feb 7th 2008

Look, we like broccoli as much as the next technology web site, but we all know that asparagus could take broccoli in a fair fight any day. And to prove our point, we bring you Attack of the Killer Broccoli.

This Flash based video game is basically a space shooter. But instead of controlling a spaceship shooting asteroids or other spaceships, you control a bundle of asparagus. And you get to attack broccoli and bugs. The controls couldn't be much simpler. You maneuver around the screen by pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard, and you shoot spears of asparagus with the space bar.

We suppose there's some sort of commentary inherent in this game about how kids don't like broccoli. But seriously, who likes asparagus but hates broccoli?

[via Neatorama]

Tags: asparagus, attack-of-the-killer-broccoli, broccoli, flash-game

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