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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: FREE GAMES: "Toem" and "The Last Stand: Aftermath"
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:56:20 -0400
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Oops, I'm running late here. Better announce these games before Ant or
rms or whomever sneak in and steal my precious Internet Points. Quick,
Epic, what you got for us this week?


* TOEM: A Photo Adventure
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/toem
    This one is an adventure game where you solve puzzles 
    by 'taking pictures' of various scenes and objects. The 
    gameplay is obviously not the main draw here; instead, 
    it's the hand-drawn (or the illusion of being hand-
    drawn) visuals. It's not the sort of game I'd ever want 
    to PAY for, but as a freebie I think it's worth a look 
    just to enjoy the graphics.



* The Last Stand: Aftermath
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-last-stand-aftermath
    This is more my usual style: it's a game with zombies 
    and shooting. But beyond that, it doesn't have much 
    going for it; "Aftermath" is the usual top-down survival-
    horror game. It's not a bad game - it's got nice visuals 
    and it's a single-player experience- but it lacks novelty 
    (and could use a little more polish). It's fine.


Neither game this week are 'must haves' -they're a bit niche and
fairly middle-of-the-road in quality and mechanics- but they're not
bad games either. They're free, so what do you have to lose? 

See you next week, Epic!