The deliciously addictive Cookie Clicker has just received a Christmas update, and as you may have been expecting you're going to have to do a hell of a lot of clicking to see everything it has to offer. If you've not played Cookie Clicker: I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry, but the rest of your day is kind of a write-off.
I've played a lot of these semi-automated clicking games over the last few months, and I think Cookie Clicker might be the highlight, boasting a lovely, witty visual interface that heightens the weird thrill of watching a number go up. This seasonal update adds a strange grow-your-own Santa element, plus a ton of fun novelty items like Christmas hats, reindeer and lumps of coal. As ever, the goal of the game remains the same: to build a cookie empire, something that will eventually see you opening a portal to the underworld, creating a time machine, and transmuting one of the fundamental elements of the universe into delicious disc-shaped baked goods.
(Thanks, Kotaku .)
