Filed under: Fun, Games, Freeware, Time-Wasters, Web, Humor
Assteroidz: Diamond Dave Edition - Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Jan 29th 2009
Right off the bat I want to note that this time waster is PG13; if you'd rather not encounter some mild foul language, it's probably best that you move on to our next post. Still here? Great. If there's anything that those commercials for peanut butter cups have taught me, it's that something magical happens when you put two things that taste great on their own together. The timewasting flash game equivalent of chocolate and peanut butter? Asteroids, and Van Halen, which result in the interestingly-named Assteroidz: Diamond Dave Edition.
Stick with me here. I mean, who hasn't wanted to shoot massive Eddie Van Halen heads and Van Halen logos with bullets that come out of David Lee Roth's rear end? How about shooting the annoying little Sammy Hagar head that shoots at you while singing clips from Can't Drive 55?
Yes, this is one seriously messed up mashup. And yet, it's compelling. I was never very good at Asteroids, but when I'm playing this version it just doesn't matter so much.
But I still have to ask - what was the developer of this smoking?
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
