Flying hammies
January 21, 2008 1:38 AM Subscribe
Too much serious talk and stress? Take a break with this nice little distraction. Flight of the Hamsters. How far can you get them to go?
Is Flash Friday some sort of rule?
posted by MaryDellamorte at 1:50 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by MaryDellamorte at 1:50 AM on January 21, 2008
More a tradition.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:56 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:56 AM on January 21, 2008
I don't know if its the hamsters or the music that makes it so addictive.
posted by dabitch at 2:05 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by dabitch at 2:05 AM on January 21, 2008
The music is driving me nuts, but the hamsters! With their aviator goggles! Are so. Freaking. Cute!
posted by Phire at 2:08 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by Phire at 2:08 AM on January 21, 2008
The Kids Next Door are pretty good. The loving use of hamsters and remembrance of hamsters past their prime add so much to every episode. A little bit of feeling goes a long way. I wish they had used hermit crabs a bit more. That smell lasts forever.
It's really silly, but I'm looking forward to the series finale this Sunday. Warburton represents.
posted by stavrogin at 2:15 AM on January 21, 2008
It's really silly, but I'm looking forward to the series finale this Sunday. Warburton represents.
posted by stavrogin at 2:15 AM on January 21, 2008
I have hated this game every time I have played it. Until this time, where I managed to get the hang of it.
523! woo! WAY goddamn better than my previous totals of like...60. Pfft.
posted by Stunt at 2:43 AM on January 21, 2008
523! woo! WAY goddamn better than my previous totals of like...60. Pfft.
posted by Stunt at 2:43 AM on January 21, 2008
Is it better to hit the hamsters on the way up or on the way down?
posted by creasy boy at 4:13 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by creasy boy at 4:13 AM on January 21, 2008
Is it better to hit the hamsters on the way up or on the way down?
Famous last words.
posted by aftermarketradio at 6:45 AM on January 21, 2008 [2 favorites]
Famous last words.
posted by aftermarketradio at 6:45 AM on January 21, 2008 [2 favorites]
What, if anything, does the skateboard do?
posted by Reverend John at 9:17 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by Reverend John at 9:17 AM on January 21, 2008
So, next game I answered my own question, of course.
The skateboard enables you to skate a while on the ground if you land smoothly. Also I seem to have more success hitting the hamster on the way down. Also the best strategy for me so far is to try and maintain 'level' flight in a certain powerup rich zone. If you go too high the powerups are rare or nonexistant. And trying to recover into level flight after you've started diving too sharply is impossible. So don't go too high if you can help it.
posted by Reverend John at 9:26 AM on January 21, 2008
The skateboard enables you to skate a while on the ground if you land smoothly. Also I seem to have more success hitting the hamster on the way down. Also the best strategy for me so far is to try and maintain 'level' flight in a certain powerup rich zone. If you go too high the powerups are rare or nonexistant. And trying to recover into level flight after you've started diving too sharply is impossible. So don't go too high if you can help it.
posted by Reverend John at 9:26 AM on January 21, 2008
This is embarrassingly difficult for me.
posted by Evangeline at 9:42 AM on January 21, 2008
posted by Evangeline at 9:42 AM on January 21, 2008
So don't go too high if you can help it.
famous last words....
posted by CitizenD at 10:29 AM on January 21, 2008 [1 favorite]
famous last words....
posted by CitizenD at 10:29 AM on January 21, 2008 [1 favorite]
I've been trying hitting him on the way up, but then, like you say, trying for level flight in the middle zone. The balls seem much more useful to me than the skateboard, and the helicopter things that push you up are often downright harmful, they make your angle much too steep.
I hit 606 total a few hours ago and then my game went downhill right after.
posted by creasy boy at 10:31 AM on January 21, 2008
I hit 606 total a few hours ago and then my game went downhill right after.
posted by creasy boy at 10:31 AM on January 21, 2008
I've played similar games, but this is by FAR the most adorable!
posted by cmgonzalez at 12:26 PM on January 21, 2008
posted by cmgonzalez at 12:26 PM on January 21, 2008
game 1: 21 feet... 8 feet.. zero, zero, zero.
game 2: zero. zero. zero. gave up. I can't get the timing down.
posted by not_on_display at 1:42 PM on January 21, 2008
game 2: zero. zero. zero. gave up. I can't get the timing down.
posted by not_on_display at 1:42 PM on January 21, 2008
While I'm not fond, generally, of blatantly viral flash games like this, and the Kids Next Door cartoon is emblematic of many of the problems with Cartoon Network 2.0 (too much kid pander, too little awesome compared to the old days, not enough Genndy Tartakovsky), at least I got to listen to a couple minutes of "Ride of the Valkyries."
/getoffmylawnfilter
posted by JHarris at 4:21 PM on January 21, 2008
/getoffmylawnfilter
posted by JHarris at 4:21 PM on January 21, 2008
1114 total, biggest single jump was 477 ft. :) Too fun!
posted by knave at 7:25 PM on January 21, 2008
posted by knave at 7:25 PM on January 21, 2008
Dang, tough game. My best total was 238. Still haven't figured out the skateboard either.
posted by wastelands at 7:38 PM on January 21, 2008
posted by wastelands at 7:38 PM on January 21, 2008
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