Full disclosure: I got to round 12. Very interested to see if anyone can manage to get to round 20.

Clutchball is a simple game, but an effective one: You and your opponents share an arena (there's no dividing line) and you scramble to grab and throw spheres at one another until your team or the other is knocked out. Your teammates are actually quite good, and serve as "extra lives" since you switch over to control them if your character is knocked out.

If I had one main gripe with this game, it's that your teammates respawn way too slowly. You have hardly any control over when they get knocked out, so it seems unnecessarily harsh to only respawn one teammate per half-dozen rounds. If they go ten rounds with no problems only to all get knocked out on the eleventh... well, you're pretty hosed, sorry. While it's theoretically possible to survive 5-on-1, I haven't been able to.

Still, for a half-hour distraction (more if you really want to try for round 20) this is a solid game.

Recommended.

[h1]A surprisingly competent dodgeball game[/h1] Full disclosure: I got to round 12. Very interested to see if anyone can manage to get to round 20. Clutchball is a simple game, but an effective one: You and your opponents share an arena (there's no dividing line) and you scramble to grab and throw spheres at one another until your team or the other is knocked out. Your teammates are actually quite good, and serve as "extra lives" since you switch over to control them if your character is knocked out. If I had one main gripe with this game, it's that your teammates respawn way too slowly. You have hardly any control over when they get knocked out, so it seems unnecessarily harsh to only respawn one teammate per half-dozen rounds. If they go ten rounds with no problems only to all get knocked out on the eleventh... well, you're pretty hosed, sorry. While it's theoretically possible to survive 5-on-1, I haven't been able to. Still, for a half-hour distraction (more if you really want to try for round 20) this is a solid game. Recommended.