I love Scotch too! (Unrelated, but true)

June 19, 2008 7:49 PM

Shockwave Friday Fun - Tank Ball 2. (previously)

Join in the arena for a multiplayer tank battle.

posted by Samuel Farrow (16 comments total)

I saw this post and thought "Wait a second, it's still Thursday!" But then I checked your profile and see you are in New Zealand, so you almost fooled me.
posted by JibberJabber at 7:57 PM on June 19, 2008

It's thursday here, bub.
Still fun, though.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 8:03 PM on June 19, 2008

I like it, but weirdly, when I get hit, all the windows on my screen zoom off the side. Is it supposed to do that? (On a mac, btw)
posted by fungible at 8:09 PM on June 19, 2008

Wouldn't even work for me. On a mac, firefox.
posted by GoingToShopping at 8:37 PM on June 19, 2008

That was fun. The grey team in my particular little roundup was pretty tough.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 8:47 PM on June 19, 2008

Good times.
posted by Caduceus at 9:03 PM on June 19, 2008

JibberJabber: Don't worry about the world ending tomorrow because it is already tomorrow here.

(paraphrase of Charles M. Shulz)
posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:21 PM on June 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm confused, though. Does the single player version ever end?
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 9:27 PM on June 19, 2008

Works on Camino on my Mac but man is my 12 inch burning up.
posted by pwb503 at 9:34 PM on June 19, 2008

Twelve inch, um, what?
posted by roygbv at 11:31 PM on June 19, 2008

Not only works on my Mac/Firefox, but looks great on a big screen. The single player version really doesn't seem to have much of an objective, though.
posted by TedW at 1:07 AM on June 20, 2008

Odd.

I actually seem to be good at that. After the first game or so, I was consistently the top scorer.

It is nice to know the years spent developing my skills in driving erratically and randomly firing large caliber firearms finally paid off.
posted by Samizdata at 2:13 AM on June 20, 2008

Firefox/Mac combo says "unknown plugin needed."

Awesome.
posted by DoctorFedora at 5:22 AM on June 20, 2008

I'm confused, though. Does the single player version ever end?

Nothing like a never ending internet game to boost the productivity.
posted by danep at 5:25 AM on June 20, 2008

Not much to it, but pretty neat. It seems incomplete, like it's a pre-release or something someone built to show off what they can do (and, for that, it's pretty impressive).

I'd love to see this with some polish—more (and more satisfying) powerups, a bigger and more varied world, and some more goal-oriented gameplay.
posted by greenie2600 at 9:47 AM on June 20, 2008

I do love me some scotch, especially a good single malt, say Glen Morangie or Bowmore.
posted by Vindaloo at 8:07 AM on June 21, 2008