Monthly Archives: January 2011

It’s TheFlu’s Birthday


Snakehead Games is lucky to have great staff, and volunteers, that support the community and grow the games.  We tend to acknowledge the days they join, or the days they take on new roles but rarely do we acknowledge their birthdays.  TheFlu, however, is a behind the scenes supporter for SHG.  He doesn’t put his personality out into the community rather he just helps make sure it exists.  He creates all the graphics for the games, the festive looks, including the [...]

Rotating Consumables


There are many different types of equipment in both SpyBattle 2165 and StarPirates.net.   In fact there are dozens of unique items in each game, and many of those can be upgraded if a player so desires. There is a class of item that can’t be upgraded, and in fact, is often overlooked. It’s the consumable. Consumables range from temporary boost to stats to items that help you regain health.  Most consumables are fairly easily found although there are the occasional [...]

StarPirates Hall of Fame


StarPirates has quite the community of players. Thousands login every day, and more on a regular basis. Out of all of those players, there are some pirates that are more determined to dominate than others.  These pirates tend to get more powerful, and turn into leaders in the game — or at least rogue pirates to be feared.  Some uber elite pirates make their way into what we call the Hall of Fame.  There are a range of categories ranging [...]