Gratuitous Space Battles on Mac, Osmos on iPhone

The wondefully-named Gratuitous Space Battles, a visceral and compelling PC game wherein ridiculously epic naval engagements are meticulously planned--but not directly controlled--is now available for Mac. I've often thought that it would make an awesome mobile game, but creator Cliff Harris says that fitting it into the iPad's RAM is a challenge for the devs. While they're working on that, check out Osmos, another recent indie hit that that runs on Windows, OSX and Linux, and just made its way into your pocket too. I played through this recently; it's a meditation on life, the ptolemaic model of the universe, and screaming bug-eyed frustration.

• [Anonymous]

  I wish there was a Android version of Osmos, it looks like a awesome game.

• [Anonymous]

  Cliff Harris is a great guy that loves what he does and it shows. A couple of month back we had him on our podcast and what followed was an awesome conversation with a great creative mind, certain of what he does and a model of creative genius.
  If you are interested you can find the podcast here:
  http://www.pcpcgames.com/2010/02/pc-pc-games-podcast-ep-6-who-is-cliff-harris/

• [Anonymous]

  Osmos is fantastic, sadly Gratuitous Space Battles is a great name attached to a tedious game.

• [hdon]

  @ Gratuitous Space Battles

  This is exactly the kind of cakewalk military porn that all the Starcraft 2 fanboys really wanted all along.

  At least without any kind of cooperative gameplay mode, you’ll never have to be scolded by your teammates about how the point of a team game is to watch your huge armies converge while you jack each other off.

  *clicks the cow*