Game Review: Barbershop Simulator

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Humorous and strangely satisfying. Fairly enjoyable to shave strangers for cash.
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After the novelty wears off, there won't be much to entice you to come back except to get a few chuckles.
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Some nice looking 3D objects, but nothing in the spectacular department.
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Sounds and music fit the bill.
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An entertaining novelty for a few hours that is good for a few laughs.

Introduction

If you have ever dreamed of opening your own barbershop to shave interesting patterns with facial hair and earn money doing so, then Barbershop Simulator by Shavetastic is your dream come true. This free, downloadable, windows, indie game was made by a group of game design students. Many a YouTube video was made and the game has practically gone viral. Personally, at first glance I thought that Bossa Studios had made another game in the same vein as Surgeon Simulator. While not as weird and wacky, Barbershop Simulator has much less gore and is fun for a few hours.

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Browser Games are the Future

Playing games online inside your browser has become one of the most popular forms of entertainment today.  Some may consider browser games to be “casual” games.  But today’s browser games are exceptionally more advanced than the simple flash games of yesteryear.  Today, stunning 3D graphics in browser games is becoming commonplace.  Powerful middleware like Unity are making it even easier to make advanced games with appealing graphics playable inside your browser and also raising the quality bar for online games.  Here is a video of a demo made with Unity:

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