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Danger from the Deep - Today's Time Waster
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Feb 7th 2006
There are plenty of space shooters, racing games, and puzzles... But how many sub simulators are
still out there? Danger from the Deep is a sub simulator, it's open
source, and it's free. Right now it's only for Linux and Windows, but it uses SDL and OpenGL, so in theory could be
ported to nearly any *NIX-based OS (sorry Be). The graphics are really beautiful. If you've never been in a sub, they
convey the cramped, rough life that used to be a WWIII sub. You'll have to have some moldy sock soup and rusty bolts
nearby to simulate the smell, but the overall ambience is fantastic. DD isn't ready for primetime as a game however, as
damage isn't realistic (one shot and a ship sinks immediately). But it's pretty cool to see just how boring underwater
travel can be. Just kidding, what's neat about DD is the ability to tinker with such an interesting machine. Subs are
fascinating to me, and in WWII they were finally getting the things right to a degree where they really became deadly.
The German subs (which is what you're driving) were particularly effective. And if just running around has you bored,
you can create your own missions via simple text files. Dive, dive, dive!
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, ...
