Garden Gnome Carnage.

If there was ever a game that could horrify the good old Gnome it's this one. I must first apologise for this senseless killing of elves (Gnomes must be related, somehow!) for no apparent reason but, unfortunately for the Gnomes kind, it's incredibly fun!

Garden Gnome Carnage is the name of this senseless elf killing machine and it's probably the first game I've played in which you play a building. Endless streams of elves run towards your building and their objective is to reach the chimney on the top of the building. Fortunately your defense is a garden gnome attached to a piece of string (I think the elves are trying to release him) which you can use to fling the elves away by moving the building with the cursor keys. You can also shake the nasty little elves off by shaking the building with the cursor keys, although the gnomes hiding under presents will carry on climbing.

Your garden gnome can also grab bricks from the building and toss them into the crowd of elves, causing small explosions of flying elves around the screen. The problem is, how do you replenish the bricks you've thrown? Well, this little service is provided by a black cat. Yup, a black cat. The cat will climb your building like the elves and, instead of being game over when he reaches the chimney, he'll fill your building back up with bricks! The annoying thing is that it's incredibly easy to knock the cat flying by mistake, although it is pretty funny.

Finally you're also under attack by elves flying on sleighs. If they reach the building they'll land on the roof and an elf will try to reach the chimney. Fortunately they can easily be knocked out of the sky (which is great when they land in the crowds of elves below) but presents will parachute out causing you even more problems. If it all gets too much (and believe me it will) then you can just bomb the little freaks with one of your airstrikes.

Garden Gnome Carnage is a strange and wacky little game and, eventually, it will quickly overwhelm you (you'll find out the meaning of the word 'carnage'). Racking up large combos is incredibly addictive and, like with me, it may actually suck a few hours out of your day.

You can download the game from here.

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