Squish

Welcome to games my children got from the library theater. Today's presentation of squish is made possible by its cool cover

If I were 7 years old, I would get a game with a green goo skull man doing a running forearm smash into a neon pink cube while a green goo skull DJ spins records too. I totally get why my kid got it.

It isn't a bad idea for a party game. You essentially are treating an active game of Dr. mario as the stage of a survival game where you gotta avoid getting smashed by blocks. This is a fun concept! The execution, however, screams of amateurism. Your character moves with imprecision- an absolutely critical failure of a game where quick reflexes are ideal. The screen is much too close to the action. You don't get enough time to respond to the falling blocks. You often get trapped. And while the game is savvy enough to give you some options for escape, it is not savvy enough to let players have greater interaction. The game feels a bit more like a contest than a competition as you don't compete, but just try to survive longer than your opponent. Even Tetris Attack allows for more interactivity!

This game is a one out of five, but I'll give it a library two out of five.