There's nothing like a video game ripped straight from the headlines. In Save Harry, you're tasked with getting a starkers Prince Harry out of his hotel room without getting his picture taken. This simple but surprisingly solid stealth game has you sneaking, ducking into shadows and grabbing handy flowerpots for coverage. Get a move on, Prince Harry, and by all means cover up those crown jewels!

 

A pirate-themed mix of Pong, Arkanoid and good old-fashioned pinball, Captain Steelbounce puts you in charge of a tiny boat rebounding steel cannonballs into the wild blue yonder. Use them to destroy brick constructs, causing treasure chests full of booty to fall into your clutches. How many coins can you snag before time runs out, matey? It's hard to replicate the old paddle controller of arcades-gone-by, but Captain Steelbounce uses your mouse and a tight playing field to give those fine motor skills of yours a workout.

 

Sometimes, it's all in the title. Take, for example, House of Dead Ninjas. Boy, you can't go wrong with a title like that, now can you? This SNES-inspired action game has you dropping your way down through a massive tower filled with dangerous undead enemies. Race against the clock to slaughter your foes. Be sure to upgrade your ninja gear along the way: katanas, shuriken, bombs! All the better to kill, kill, kill with.

 

Not to put any pressure on you, but in Nuclear Plant, nearly all life on Earth has been exterminated by nuclear war, and you've been placed in charge of the planet's last plant. Your job is to grow it to maturity–which would be a lot easier if it weren't for the waves of marauding mutant insects and animals. Hold them off as long as you can. Upgrade your guns and research new equipment… between blowing away wave after wave of flesh-hungry monsters. Like I said, no pressure.

 

Albuquerque gets a bracing blast of industrial rock tonight courtesy of German noise boys Slick Idiot. The band was formed in 2000 by former KMFDM members Günter Schulz and En Esch. This show marks the band’s penultimate stop on its North American tour before crashing and burning in Santa Fe on Tuesday night. Local electro-industrialists Diverje are also on the bill, along with DJ Fetality. Show starts at 8 p.m. at Low Spirits. Tickets are a mere $7 at the door. What alse have you got on the agenda tonight? Dress in your best fetish wear and revel in some bone-breaking electronic beats.

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Dream Tower borrows certain elements of your favorite platform-style games. You'll be collecting stars and jumping on enemys’ heads to stay alive. But you'll be doing it while climbing a rotating, 3D tower. The perspective adds a whole new wrinkle to the platform-hopping mechanic. Throw in some devious monsters and a few cannons, and you've in for some vertiginous fun.

 

What are you doing on this fine Sunday afternoon? In the mood for some heavy drinking? Not as a participant, mind you, but as an amused observer? Head on over to The Box Performance Space for the world premiere screening of the feature-length comedy Drunk. The movie, directed by Phillip Hughes and written by Scott Bryan, features a whole host of Albuquerque actors including Daniel T. Cornish, Rebekah Wiggins, Jenn Daugherty, Jason Witter and Ryan Jason Cook. It was lensed in and around our fair city in 2011 and will be hitting film festivals at the end of the summer. The screening is free, but it’s also a fundraiser—so, if you wanna help out by sponsoring the film at an upcoming festival, there will be a donation pot to help get Drunk up and out on the road. Cast and crew will be around for the screenings at 3 and 5 p.m. Seating is limited, so you might want to shoot an RSVP over to the film’s Facebook page.

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Biogems takes the head-to-head puzzle action pioneered by Capcom's classic Super Puzzle Fighter II and adds a few light RPG elements to keep things interesting. You pick one of three characters, then battle progressively smarter enemies by matching gems on a large grid (think Bejeweled). Differently colored gems have different effects. Some are offensive, some are defensive. Use the money you accumulate along the way to upgrade your armor and weapons. And watch out for the final boss--he's a dirty cheater.

 

The Olympics are coming. Nitrome celebrates (sort of) with the release of Super Snot Put. The rules are simple: Flick your (apparently living) booger as far as possible. The, uh, "fluid dynamics" on this one are particularly realistic, adding to the clingly, flingy goodness of it all. Pick yourself a winner, people!

 

Dig a trench from the river to water the plants and float the boats. Don't drown the people. Sounds simple enough, but the grid-based puzzler Flooded Village throws enough twists and turns at you to keep the old think-box working overtime. Further impediments (like ice) rear their ugly heads, forcing you to make more convoluted excavations in the landscape. What are you waiting for? Get digging!