Dish Washington

A game where you do the dishes? Yeah, I know, sounds about as much fun as...well...doing the dishes, but Dish Washington was among the top nodworthy games for the 2009 IGF student projects. You're a funky, dishwashing dinosaur-thing. Your job is to grab crud from the top of the stack, hold it over the sink, and scrub away grime to the rhythm. Rubbing out grease to the music keeps the water hot, and you up to your green elbows in Palmolive. So I guess there's something good to come out of this, right? I mean, if I play this long enough, I'll forget about the Jenga-fied pile of pint glasses building up in my sink. Highly recommended for neat freaks who need to feel the beat.

--Darren Gladstone