As I’ve said before, flash games are often underappreciated, but more people should be enjoying them! They are a fantastic free source of entertainment (minus that bill you pay for the interwebs, of course, unless you’re stealing it from your neighbors, you jerk). Take some time to play a few of these gems. All of these are intentionally artsy-fartsy thought-provoking games, because I like that type of junk.
A Mother in Festerwood, http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/560920
Although the world habits dangers of violence and gore,
A young child’s task
is mostly to play and to explore.
This is the opening proverb to the game. In this world you play a mommy trying to keep your asshole kid alive. The world around the perimeter to your home is filled with monsters and treaures. You need to wrangle the little jerk and keep him from trying to escape into the woods until he is old enough to survive on his own, and trust me—that brat will try and run away any chance he gets. As you, the mother, can’t leave your property (for some reason as an adult you can’t pass dotted lines and are helpless if your baby runs out too early and isn’t smart enough to come back), you may be faced with an early death. But if you mother him and keep him long enough to survive on his own for a while… Continue reading
