
Here’s something you don’t see every day: An Internet game that combines practical, real-world skills with giant-headed freaks. Such is the beauty behind Adult Swim’s Amateur Surgeon, a gem on the TV station’s loaded site. You assume the role of the doctor, and your job is to use the given tools to perform comical procedures on your patients, who have suffered from
things like "badger in the chest." The game walks you though what you need to do, including cauterizing wounds and putting pain-relief juice on them. Now, I’m no GED-taker, but isn’t stapling people’s lungs and burning them not the best practice? I disagree, says this game.
Keep a steady hand—you get docked beats per minute for pulling out shards of glass too quickly (keep an eye on your patient’s heart rate, and don’t let it drop too far) . Also, don’t do what I tried to do (at first) and play using a Bluetooth mouse. Trust me, the minor lag in response will make your head hurt.









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