Hey everyone – a new segment we’re trying out here is “Friday Flash Favorites”
We want to try and bring you some web games you may or may not have heard from the fun to the weird to the challenging – these are GNSU’s featured favorite flash games that we’ve played and cherished.
Starting our first week of the segment is the badass DADGAME.
Much more after the jump!
If you haven’t heard of Sakupen’s two hilarious flash cartoons (Dad’s Home and Dad’s At Work) then you are missing out. While viewing these before playing isn’t necessary to get into the game it will certainly provide you with a great deal of entertainment. That said, let’s get into why Dadgame is one of our favorite flash games.
See how many shits Dad gives? None. Dad does not give any.
Our hero (Arien’s in particular… Arien loves dads for reasons probably best left unexplained) is badass family man “Dad”. Dad has no hair. Dad is clad in work clothes. Dad is bald and bad and clad in work clothes and will not hesitate to blow your goddamn head off with a laserbeam.
You play as Dad in a series of challenging levels where you brawl and complete requirements on your way to the top to beat the life out of his annoying boss. Dad’s got a serious repertoire of fighting moves you can employ through simple controls to dispatch anyone standing in his way from football players, to helicopters to machinery of all kinds. Dad can also use some special abilities including the power to rock your goddamn socks off.
You wish that he was your dad.
The game has a very nice visual style consistent with the cartoon series and a sense of humor to match it. In the very first portion of the game you get to smash your boss’s office as Dad – try and tell me that isn’t satisfying. In our Friday Flash Favorites segments we try to provide you with some flash games that might make the weekend come a little quicker and what would be more satisfying than the aforementioned office ragefest? Okay, well maybe there are a few things but when you see Dad go to town it will certainly rank up there.
Sakupen, the game’s creator, also whipped up a pretty bangin’ soundtrack you can pick up on his site. Come to think of it you should also check out his other flash animations featuring some of his music as well, it’s certainly worth a look.The game also comes with a list of achievements you can unlock on Newgrounds.com – and with those a set of rewards and in game goodies. Upon completing the game’s storymode you also get 4 unlockable challenge rooms as well. These are must-haves for anyone who is into the whole achievement thing.
"Don't stop achievin'" - Arien Russell of Journey
With a kickin’ soundtrack, fun visuals, great gameplay and a load of other content (as well as a humorous companion cartoon or two), Dadgame is a great time waster and that is why it’s a perfect opener for our new segment. You can play this game and see the cartoons on Newgrounds.com and check out more of what Sakupen has to offer at www.sakupen.com
Check back next Friday for another Friday Flash Favorite and let us know what you think in the mean time! What are your flash favorites?
Dad shredding a guitar solo holy shit look at his cool hat holy shit a robot
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My favorite flash games include “Kitten Cannon” (classic) and of course the “Escape” series from http://www.afro-ninja.com, which includes trying to escape a car, closet, phone booth, and night in elm street horror! There are two others but I have yet to check them out!