Evil Genius
I’m a sucker for games, of almost every kind. Board games, cards, chess and of course: Computer games.
The latest one I’ve been trying out, on top of Battle of Wesnoth that I’m still hooked to, is called Evil Genius. I get to play an evil madman who plots for world dominance! I build my own hideout and acquire henchmen, minions and commit acts of infamy to build up my notoriety rating. Of course the pesky forces of good are at large as the worlds nations get more and more angry because of my acts toward them, so they send their agents, infiltrators and troops after me.
The game is easy to play, and reminds me a lot of Dungeon Keeper, except here I don’t build up my lair, or secret hideout on a unspecified island, every time the scenario ends. Instead the hideout keeps growing as I finish off goals and tasks the game presents to me. That confused me, so I started the game over once to make a better layout for my hideout. And of course it’s built underground 
I also get to set up traps for infiltrating agents, which is lot of fun, especially when building combo traps, like a wind machine that blows an agent into a gas trap. Too bad there are so few traps (1 trap that actually kills, the rest confuse or move an agent), but I’m hoping for a wider variety of traps once the game progresses.
So the game is basically lots of fun, especially the music which seems to be a potpurri of Bond movie music. 
But it has some nagging drawbacks. Agents sometime infiltrate the base by digging themselves into my base, and even though I have security cams set up, and alarms linked to them, if the agents emerge in a room where there are no minions, noone rushes into that room to battle them. I have to direct my henchman (you get a henchman in the beginning, and as the game progresses you’re getting more of them) towards them instead. And that is a lot of manual work.
Also, when adjusting an equippment I’ve placed in an awkward position, I can’t move it to a new position that includes the position where it is currently standing. That is highly annoying! So I have to first move it to a new location and from there move it back to where I wanted it in the first place! But, ah well, the sounds and moves the minions make when interrogating a prisoner are worth the few glitches 
So I give this game a 4 out of 5 as it seems to have a lot of potential! Especially when you get more and more notorious and evil.
Link to site: http://howevilareyou.com/us/
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Edward Aschan wrote,
Not more games, stop this, I don’t have the time.
April 26th 2006 at 06:28 (6:28 am) — Using
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Edward Aschan wrote,
Aha, it’s one you have to purchase and not a free on-line game. Good, that means I won’t try and pobably can avoid getting hooked.
April 26th 2006 at 06:31 (6:31 am) — Using
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Caroline wrote,
Oh, I’ve wanted to try this game for a long time. Really have to play it…sometime.
April 26th 2006 at 07:36 (7:36 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Hehehe, I can, ehm, fix a light interference resonanse copy for ya!
For ya both, if ya like 
April 26th 2006 at 10:17 (10:17 am) — Using
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Edward Aschan wrote,
Now it is proven: You are truly evil!
April 26th 2006 at 11:28 (11:28 am) — Using
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Hannes wrote,
I have a friend who played it and showed it to me, and it looked like great fun!
Too bad I will have to log into Windows to play, since Wine willprobably not run it, and I have hardware acceleration turned off.
April 26th 2006 at 12:08 (12:08 pm) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Oh, yes, I am! Mouahahahahahahahahaaa!
Eh, I mean 
Hehehehe! But it will be worth it!
April 26th 2006 at 15:52 (3:52 pm) — Using
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Caroline wrote,
“I mean”
Aha! So you admit!? You’re right, you very mean.
April 26th 2006 at 22:30 (10:30 pm) — Using
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John Kim wrote,
ooo sounds fun. is that a screenshot of your evil headquaters? if so i love what youve done with the place!
April 26th 2006 at 23:29 (11:29 pm) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Yes, yes, very mean! But now I built a mistake into my base and probably have to start all over! Doh!
Hello John!!
Nope, not my Evil Hedquaters, just an image of the game I found on the net 
I haven’t aquired artwork yet.
April 27th 2006 at 01:51 (1:51 am) — Using
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Caroline wrote,
How about a cat? You’ve got to have a cat? I think it’s compulsory.
April 27th 2006 at 09:28 (9:28 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Nope. No cat
No pets att all right now… I hope I get one later on into the game. I got myself a bodyguard now atleast! But as I wrote I will have to start it all over due to faulty base construction. *sigh*
April 27th 2006 at 10:47 (10:47 am) — Using
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Komodo Dragon wrote,
haha we are all suckers for games
its crazy how much they can affect us, we 
over them
June 1st 2008 at 01:08 (1:08 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Ooh, I sure do!
June 1st 2008 at 01:18 (1:18 am) — Using
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