MycoBattle!

As I've mentioned in this post and this post, I'm a big fan of video games where you wander around in armor and your diamond sword +3, looking for things to crush. You know, Acid Grubs or maybe an army of Murderous Cows... what's even better though, is if that game has mushrooms.

Enter The Sword of Fargoal, a new iPhone game based on a classic dungeon crawler from the 80's. Again, the object is to make your way through the dungeon floors... looking for something I suppose. Probably the Sword of Fargoal. Don't know... haven't made it so far yet.

But along the way... you guessed it. Evil Mushrooms.

Much like in real life, these fungi don't move around too much. In fact they just kind of sit there in the dirt waiting to be crushed. You can stomp on the smaller ones (letting out a satisfying crunch or squish) but the bigger ones you can't pass unless you engage in battle.

Most of the time they just kind of wilt and crumble. You get your experience points and journey on, but occasionally they do fight back. Not with maces or a wizard's dagger +1, but with...

Confusion!

That's right. As you can see my character has been turned into some sort of Jabba-The-Hutt snowbeast thing. And I don't even know what that pink, trumpet-faced, seahorse thingie is. Or that orange blobby goo. It's all quite confusing.

And thus ends another important look at the dangers of mushrooms.

The Sword of Fargoal is currently available for $2.99 on the iTunes app store. You can visit the developer's website at http://www.fargoal.com/.