A couple of games to look at today. Here’s a taste of the second one first.

I’m getting too old for dungeon crawling.

The first is an iPhone/iPad game called Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP. Superbrothers is apparently the name of the developers. I have no idea what the EP is about. It isn’t out yet, but just look at it.

I love pretty.

Who are you calling pretty?

The second game, Desktop Dungeons, isn’t pretty, but it is fun. Even better, it’s already out and free for Windows and Macs.

FEATURING BOTH HACK AND SLASH!

A roguelike, it takes maybe twenties minutes to play a complete game. Pick your race and class and fight your way through a single level. There’s just enough resources on the map to kill the final boss, assuming you’re smart and lucky.

Muscle Man!

Me, I die a lot.

You unlock new classes and new monsters as you play, so lots of replayability.

Did I say it wasn’t pretty? I lied. The default graphics aren’t as pretty as S:S&S EP, but they look great. Except for the Barbarian. He looks like a baby.

Give me my bottle!

There you go. Something to play, and something to look forward to you. What else could you want?

The Internet is a giant slush pile, and I’m the unpaid intern wading through it. Here’s a bit of pretty dredged from the dreck.