As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning..

October 27, 2006 1:34 AM

Cockroach Dream - Knock out 100 cockroaches before the sleeping man goes mad! When you get tired of that, try the other Flash Friday games on this delightful site. Dice Wars and Ladies' Tournament Tennis are particularly good. And take a moment to ponder your good fortune, for we are truly in the midst of a Flash gaming renaissance.
posted by ikkyu2 (18 comments total)

That is the most disgustingly creepy game I've ever played.
posted by IronLizard at 3:14 AM on October 27, 2006

Where the heck's Justine? Sweetest backhand in the game?
posted by rudster at 3:23 AM on October 27, 2006

The flash 9 beta for linux dies a horrible death to the "Cockroach Dream" link.
posted by CautionToTheWind at 4:26 AM on October 27, 2006

aww, now you too can get the NYC experience!
posted by Busithoth at 5:39 AM on October 27, 2006

ARGH dice wars. I'm trying to quit, damn it.
posted by empath at 6:11 AM on October 27, 2006

You just made me glad that I decided to hit Bali this Christmas instead of Thailand again.

Egh. *shudder* Straight out of Khao San.
posted by dreamsign at 6:13 AM on October 27, 2006

Dicewars is damn addictive, but eventually you get to the point you can always win, and it becomes a little self-indulgent.
posted by delmoi at 6:17 AM on October 27, 2006

9:30 AM. Was supposed to have left for work an hour ago. Curse you, Ikkyu!
posted by papoon at 6:31 AM on October 27, 2006

I have the perfect soundtrack for that game: from of the Metafilter Music brighter stars: Fending off the Invasion
posted by micayetoca at 8:15 AM on October 27, 2006

Only issue with cockroach dream is that by the time you have killed enough roaches to feel better about your pathetic aim, you simply try and swat the dead bodies over and over again!
posted by engling at 8:37 AM on October 27, 2006

I keep smacking him with the rolled-up paper, but he won't wake up and get the fuck out of there.
posted by hutta at 8:45 AM on October 27, 2006 [1 favorite]

Alas, Dicewars is a double, though is still fun.
posted by patricio at 9:23 AM on October 27, 2006

These are good games. I've been playing Dicewars like a junkie since it was first posted on the blue. It's addicting like CRACK!
posted by MythMaker at 9:46 AM on October 27, 2006

I like dicewars a lot. There's something about that type of mindless clicking that's really soothing to me. Thanks.
posted by OmieWise at 10:55 AM on October 27, 2006

Bloody hell the difficulty curve on that cockroach game gets steep. I really like the little touch of the insects running way when you move cursor near - just like they'd run away if you went near with a rolled up newspaper. It makes you resort to exactly the same tactic you'd use in real life, just whacking mindlessly in the hope you get some of them...
posted by greycap at 11:13 AM on October 27, 2006

Dicewars is more fun with more players, and it's more fun when you're NOT the first. It makes it harder.
posted by MythMaker at 2:23 PM on October 27, 2006

Does anyone know where Dicewars originated? I remember playing a japanese-language windows 95 executable of that game years ago.
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:44 PM on October 27, 2006

sonofsamiam: it says "For fans of prisoner's base" on the website. However, what I can find of prisoner's base on the internet (a Rex Stout novel, a movie of same, and a children's game) don't seem related.
posted by ikkyu2 at 3:11 PM on October 27, 2006