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Not a single bad thing will be said about
Wing Commander II and edutainment classic
Typing of the Dead's addition to
GameTap this week.
Wing Commander II is a fantastic example of grand storytelling outside of the adventure genre back in the early '90s. Has the game held up purrr-fectly over the years? No. But the Kilrathi as antagonists are still awesome and we pray that someday EA will bring back a real
Wing Commander game with the Kilrathi in top form. GameTap also brings
Typing of the Dead to subscribers this week, and if in this day and age you still don't know how to type properly,
TotD will help you greatly.
Typing of the Dead is the ultimate in edutainment -- well, next to
Number Munchers. New subscriber games this week are:
- Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (PC) - Kittie's got claws. The Kilrathi destroy the TCS Tiger's Claw (the carrier from the first game) and after much backstory it's time to come back and euthanize some evil space cats. A big story and solid gameplay make it sad to see what has happened to the franchise in the last ten years. This is real Wing Commander.
- Typing of the Dead (PC) - Demons. Zombies. Creatures. Typing. It's all in there and it works really well. Now we just need that sequel.
- F-22 Lightening 3 (PC) - A flight simulator where you pilot an F-22. But why would you do that when you've got space cats and a galaxy to save in Wing Commander?
After the break we have GameTap's updated list of
free games. Like we said
last week, we're now bolding the new free titles entering rotation. Of course, the week after we say that, it appears the list is identical to last week. No bolding for you. So go ahead and play some
Ghosts N' Goblins (not to be confused with
Ghouls N' Ghosts which is subscriber only) and finish off
Hitman: Codename 47 while you still can for free.
Continue reading Gametap Thursday: Evil kitties in space and an undead typing tutor
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