One of my favorite gaming franchises is the Worms series. If you’re unaware, it’s a game wherein you take a team of heavily armed worms — armed with a variety of weapons from baseball bats to shotguns to explosive sheep — and try to defeat other teams of similarly armed worms. Besides weapons, you have many tools at your disposal to move around, such as ninja ropes, jet packs and so on. The silly nature of the gameplay plus the variety of violence that ensues is both hilarious and exciting. For ages, Worms was strictly a 2D franchise, until they tried to make the game into 3D, which was…less than successful. Thankfully, the folks at Team 17 have brought the game back to its 2D roots with Worms Reloaded.

Worms Reloaded is currently only available on Steam, but at a bargain price. This is probably one of the most fun games I’ve ever played with other people, either on-line or in person. The beauty of Worms is that its turn based, so hot-seat (i.e. everyone playing around one computer) is easy, and a ton of fun. Let me tell ya, having drunken Worms battles is one of the funniest things I’ve ever experienced. If you want to see what a video of the game looks like, check it out. I’ve played a couple of quick games now, and I can say this game is a ton of fun. They got the feel just right — which makes sense since they created the franchise — and the graphics and sounds are perfect. All I can say is that I’m thrilled to see Worms triumphantly return to the PC in such a winning way.