Crazy Mammoths

June 15, 2007 12:20 AM

Crazy Mammothsis the finest single-button, mammoths-encased-in-blocks-of-ice racing game. [friday flash fun]
posted by Kattullus (26 comments total)

Conceptually, it's right up there with the Polar Bear/Penguin game.
posted by mdonley at 1:00 AM on June 15, 2007

Penguin bashing game! Oh no! There went the last productive hour I had left in me. I guess it's only my just desserts.
posted by Kattullus at 1:15 AM on June 15, 2007

Pretty fun, but I wish the game course was shorter.
posted by m2002 at 1:18 AM on June 15, 2007

For some reason, after I lost, my computer shut down. Utterly.

I didn't realize there were real consequences for losing. I imagine winning must be glorious.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:25 AM on June 15, 2007 [3 favorites]

That was much more fun than it had any right to be! (It's looonng though!)
posted by TwoWordReview at 1:32 AM on June 15, 2007

Lotsa fun!

I kept craning my neck to the right, though.
posted by carsonb at 1:36 AM on June 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

Lotsa fun!

I kept craning my neck to the right, though.

Me too. How weird. Fun game, though.
posted by snwod at 2:11 AM on June 15, 2007

Ace.

Crying out for online multiplayer!
posted by Kiell at 2:13 AM on June 15, 2007

Strangely entertaining. Is this what NASCAR is like if you have infinitely more patience and finitely more beer?
posted by 0xFCAF at 2:54 AM on June 15, 2007

You loose!
posted by uncleozzy at 5:41 AM on June 15, 2007

Much more fun than I thought it would be.
posted by OmieWise at 5:51 AM on June 15, 2007

You loose!

Lose. (Sorry. I'm a grammar Nazi.)
posted by Kiell at 6:04 AM on June 15, 2007

Sorry. I'm a grammar Nazi.

And apparently better at this game than I am.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:18 AM on June 15, 2007 [2 favorites]

Interesting. I don't really get the strategy yet. I think it would be better with an indicator of how far to the next line.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:07 AM on June 15, 2007

That was totally fun. Thanks!
posted by ph00dz at 7:08 AM on June 15, 2007

Spelling Nazi. That's spelling, not grammar.

(Sorry, I'm a... well, just a Nazi, I guess.)

Also, this game is great, even though I am terrible at it.
posted by flashboy at 7:13 AM on June 15, 2007

Am I just so ready to assume that Flash game designers can't spell that I misread the message as "you loose" when, in fact, it says, "you lose?" I just tried to intentionally throw a race to check, but accidentally won, and I can't be asked to do it again, even though it is Friday.
posted by uncleozzy at 7:23 AM on June 15, 2007

Conversely I just won a hard-fought race, and was told "You loose". No, I tight.
posted by Hogshead at 7:42 AM on June 15, 2007

Oh how I hate this iced elephant game. *bangs keyboard*
posted by nola at 8:01 AM on June 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

" I just won a hard-fought race, and was told "You loose".

Spelling gag aside, you realize you're supposed to win the most lines, not necessarily the finish line, right?
posted by majick at 8:02 AM on June 15, 2007

I just won a game without ever hitting the space bar. I'm not so sure about the strategic value here.
posted by Wolfdog at 8:11 AM on June 15, 2007

this shit is as boring as christ.
posted by breakfast_yeti at 8:41 AM on June 15, 2007

Excellent. Thanks.

I worry for those who found that "too long."
posted by mrgrimm at 1:03 PM on June 15, 2007

All right, I just played it for about 45 minutes, and now the whole world is pitching and tilting like a ship adrift in a squall.

STOP MOVING, FUCKING MONITOR!
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:48 PM on June 15, 2007

I got the first snowcone powerup, but King Penguin keeps telling me to "Use the frozen fire" - what does this mean?
posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:43 PM on June 15, 2007

Couldn't beat the final race. Got the first two though. And yes I kept finding myself tilting my body to the right, as if it would help.

The game's designed to make sure you never get so much of a lead that you don't have to worry about the buttwipes behind you. It's a never ending king of the hill kinda thing. I could get the lead but I couldn't ever keep it.
posted by ZachsMind at 1:10 PM on June 16, 2007