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GameTap Thursday: Insecticide, Freak Out & McGee's Sleeping Beauty
by Xav de Matos 
{ Mar 12th 2009 at 9:40PM }
- Insecticide, Part 1 (Windows) - A "hard-boiled film noir action-adventure game" set a bug-ridden future? Sounds like realism to us, kids.
- Freak Out: Extreme Freeride (Windows) - An extreme skiing simulator that combines two of our favorite things, freaking out and the word extreme.
- American McGee's Grimm: Sleeping Beauty (Windows) - The continuing episodic adventures of Grimm this time tackling the age-old story of Sleeping Beauty. This one is free to play but only for today! Hop to it!
GameTap Thursday: Painkiller Overdose, XIII Century Death or Glory
by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 29th 2009 at 3:00AM }
- Painkiller: Overdose (Windows) - The pseudo-sequel to the old school-embracing shooter where you continue to kill everything.
- XIII Century Death or Glory (Windows) - Um, really, we have no idea. It's apparently a "historically accurate" RTS set in Europe. No word if it's so accurate it has giant enemy crabs.
GameTap Thursday: Syberia II
by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 22nd 2009 at 3:00AM }
- Syberia II (Windows) - Hans has been found, but now Kate needs to help him fulfill his dream.
- Paws and Claws Pet Vet (Windows) - Pet Vet Sim Tycoon. That about sum it up?
GameTap Thursday: Mahjongg Investigation, Shattered Union, Pirates!
by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 15th 2009 at 3:00AM }
- Mahjongg Investigation: Under Suspicion (Windows) - Mahjongg meets adventure game? Could be interesting.
- Shattered Union (Windows) - A turn-based strategy game that takes place during the United States' second civil war. Prepare for the future.
GameTap Thursday: On the GRID
by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 8th 2009 at 3:00AM }
- GRID (Windows) - There's something magical about playing this game while sitting in a cardboard box with the top open. We also recommend turning off the TV sound and making your own car noises.
- Magic Academy (Windows) - It's a hidden object game. The digital version of a Where's Waldo book.
GameTap Thursday: Tuesday Edition takes us to Syberia
by Alexander Sliwinski { Dec 30th 2008 at 3:00AM }
- Syberia (Windows) - Adventure fans should make sure to play this game.
- Zombie Shooter (Windows) - Kill, kill, kill, the zombie threat.
GameTap Thursday: Tuesday brings the Overlord for free
by Alexander Sliwinski { Dec 23rd 2008 at 3:00AM }
- Stronghold Crusader Extreme (Windows) - Like Stronghold Crusader, but extreme!
- Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine (Windows) - An adventure game where the protagonist reminds us of Leisure Suit Larry. The game's description notes Al is a 42-year-old who lives with his parents and travels to "dusty Anozira out west to pick up his mail order bride, Ivanna."
GameTap Thursday: A Grimm Christmas Carol, Dawn of War: Gold
by Alexander Sliwinski { Dec 18th 2008 at 3:00AM }
- Grimm: A Christmas Carol (Windows) - Scrooge vs. Grimm: FIGHT!
- Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War: Gold (Windows) - The original Dawn of War, plus the (arguably) superior Winter Assault expansion. RTS fans owe it to themselves to play this.
GameTap Thursday: Grimm meets the Pied Piper
by Ross Miller { Dec 11th 2008 at 5:59PM }
- Grimm: The Pied Piper (Windows) - Something tells the music won't be as innocently alluring.
- Digby's Donuts (Windows) - Mmmm, donuts.
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (Windows) - Fun for the whole nuclear family! Okay, not really, but it is quite fun.
GameTap Thursday: Tuesday brings Golden Goose, Painkiller
by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 25th 2008 at 3:00AM }
- Grimm: The Golden Goose (Windows) - This goose lays golden eggs and everyone lives horribly ever after. Mo' money, mo' problems.
- Painkiller (Windows) - An FPS that's filled to the brim with pew-pew pew-pew-pew and ka-booooom.
GameTap Thursday: Grimm, Lionheart, Elements of Destruction
by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 20th 2008 at 8:00AM }
- Grimm: Cinderella (Windows) - We doubt there will be singing mice. If there are, they'll probably die in some gruesome way.
- Lionheart (Windows) - An action-RPG from 2003 that uses Fallout's SPECIAL system, coupled with Diablo-esque hack n' slash.
- Elements of Destruction (Window) - Be a mad scientist who likes to destroy cities. In the end, it's a little cathartic.
GameTap Thursday: Grimm's King Midas, Space Hack
by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 13th 2008 at 3:00AM }
- Grimm: King Midas (Windows) - Grimm goes after the man with the golden touch. Not to be confused with the man with the golden gun. That's Bond.
- Space Hack (Windows) - A sci-fi RPG with "Diablo-inspired gameplay mechanics."
GameTap Thursday: Grimm's 'The Singing Bone,' Red Faction II
by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 6th 2008 at 9:30AM }
Grimm's second volume continues on GameTap this week with The Singing Bone. The site also adds THQ's Earth-bound FPS Red Faction II, created by Volition, developers of the Saints Row franchise.
- Grimm: The Singing Bone (Windows) - The game is available to non-Gametap subscribers for the first 24 hours after release.
- Red Faction II (Windows) - Sorry, Mars. The red planet just wasn't cool enough for the sequel. This Earth-based FPS totally missed the boat by not calling itself Blue Faction. Just ignore the historical basis for the series' name and the color change would have been fine.
GameTap Thursday: Grimm Vol. 2 begins, Fallout Tactics
by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 30th 2008 at 3:00AM }
Grimm, GameTap's original series, returns this week with The Master Thief. Volume 2 will have eight new episodes leading up to Christmas, with the last one being the series' take on A Christmas Carol. Subscribers can play Grimm at any time, but freeloaders can check out The Master Thief for the next 48 hours.
- Grimm: The Master Thief (Windows) - American McGee's Katamari-esque, fractured fairy tale returns.
- Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (Windows) - A tactical RPG, set in the Fallout universe, following the Brotherhood of Steel. The game is briefly mentioned in GameTrailers' Fallout retrospective.
GameTap Thursday: Full Supreme Commander experience; Overlord for free
by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 23rd 2008 at 3:00AM }
- Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (Windows) - The well received RTS by Gas Powered Games in one package.
- Die By The Sword (Windows) - Treyarch's sword fighting game from a decade ago.
- World Poker Championship 2 (Windows) - That title couldn't be any more descriptive.
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