If video games were realistic…

I don’t normally subscribe to Cracked’s point of view.  I grew out of their magazines years ago (although I am still trying to find digital copies), but this time, they outdid themselves with parodies of video games in the real world.

[via Cracked]

Zombie Tycoon for PSP coming this fall

“Disguising your company as a philanthropic pharmaceutical company you secretly fund the darkest minds of the world in less than legal pursuits. After one of your scientists discovered a formula capable of reviving dead flesh you (like any savvy Capitalist Overlord) steal the formula, ransack your laboratories and assimilate your employees into an undead horde.”

[via Frima Studio]

Online Tatoo Simulator

[via Dirt2]

Make your mother proud by creating and sporting a new tatoo!  The folks that brought you the racing game “Dirt 2” lets you pay homage to “mom”, or “Suzie”, or even “Bill” as you use the professional tools of the trade to pretty up the bountiful bosum of a bodacious babe.

Johnny Rocketfingers is ’suppin

Johnny Rocketfingers, a game created by Cracked Animations‘ Ryan Khatam, takes you back to the point-and-click adventure genre, Leisure Suite Larry style.  By using three basic commands (look, speak, and action), you interact with objects around you to solve puzzles and walk through the well-written script.

Don’t let the simplicity of the game fool you – not only do you have to pick up and use the objects clearly thrown around the screen, but you have to know how and when to use them.  For example, before you can carry the cat, you have to find the fish.  To find the fish, you have to look in the dumpster.  There are no points awarded in the game, but if you do complete it, you will be rewarded with the completion of the storyline.

Get stuck?  You’re pretty much out of luck, unless you find one of the many walkthroughs available.  Oh, and there’s also Johnny Rocketfingers 2 available when you are done with this one!

Gaming Teaser Trailers

[via CNN]

Two big upcoming games — “Bioshock 2″ and “Batman: Arkham Asylum” — have creative teaser sites that offer some history behind the game’s story. If you didn’t already know they were associated with the video games you might not be able to tell, because the two sites don’t specifically mention the games by name.

5 Best Celebrity Tie-In Pinball Machines of All Time

[via Gossip Barf]

Pinball has always been big on celebrity tie ins. As a result, weve got plenty of good machines to choose from since aside from a few missteps the industry has done a decent job of creating celebrity tie-in machines that work for their demographic and are compatible with the pinball ethos. For our best evaluation the quality of the game a factor well only be part of the criteria.

More Free Zombie Games

[via Fly Article]

“With the recent success of Valve’s cooperative first-person shooter Left 4 Dead, I thought I would take some time and list my favorite zombie games throughout videogame history. From the first appearance of the shambling undead that I could find to the latest in high-definition rotting corpses, zombies have been a go-to enemy for decades. While some games get them right, others get them wrong. This feature spotlights some free zombie games playable on the Internet so you can smash the undead at your leisure.”

Overview of free skateboard games

[via Txt M8s]

“There are many great skateboarding video games out there but most of them you have to purchase for your home gaming console. They can add up in price even though most people will agree that they are fun to spend time playing. Did you know that you can also play terrific skateboarding video games online for free though? It only takes a few minutes for you to be healthy to set up your accounts on the different sites and to start playing these games.”

Lego Battles Review at CNET

[via CNet]

“Recent Lego video games have featured gameplay that is cutesy and kid-friendly but still solid enough to appeal to more seasoned gamers. Lego Battles tries to take this trend into the realm of real-time strategy, embracing the basic concepts on which many successful RTS games are built. Resource acquisition, building construction, unit production, and combat are the main gameplay elements here, and the game bears strong similarities to early RTS games like Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. Sticking with what works is generally a good thing, and Lego Battles does that well enough to appeal to folks who don’t have much RTS experience.”

Zombie Dawn: A point-and-click zombie game

[via FunOrb]

The undead apocalypse has arrived, but, fortunately for you, you’re the one in charge! Command your zombie horde through 24 brain-chomping levels of puzzle-ing mayhem, with the sole aim of storming the White House and conquering humanity. Then, prepare yourself for another 24 levels as you take the UK (and Buckingham Palace) by storm. Zombie Dawn is full of action, strategy, puzzles and sheer undead fun.

• 24 levels of zombie-filled mayhem
• 3 varied bonus levels
• 8 types of power-up
• Zombify guards, detectives and MIBs
• Conquer the White House
• Hard mode for the truly evil
• Several Achievements
• Play for FREE!