Pong: The Next Level (PC)
Developed by: Radical Entertainment
Published by: Electronic Arts

This is another game I had originally played on Playstation, but since I don’t own the Playstation, I went out and bought it for the PC.

When I first heard about this game it didn’t really seem very interesting to me at all. The whole “pong” name kind of discouraged me I guess. Pong is pong. That attitude was kind of hypocritical of me though, because I’ve always said that the simple, addictive games of old are the best, and that today’s game developers should be trying to keep their games more simple, rather than going overboard on graphics and video and other crap like that.

Pong: The Next Level proves the point that simple games kick ass. They took a simple idea and played with it a bit, coming up with loads of levels and interesting twists on the original pong game.This game is highly addictive, and a lot of fun to play against your friends. If you have any.

The PC version has the added option of playing against a friend over a network. If you have a fairly fast connection, this is surprisingly playable.

The only complaint I would have is that a lot of aspects of the game rely purely on chance. If you play enough times against the computer eventually you will get lucky with some of the power-ups or special moves and you will win. — Sean

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