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"A very different take on football", cheers Casper. "You have to control a flying football boot in a 3D Shockwave universe and try to score goals against an alien goalkeeper".

Yes, it's something of a departure for one of the companies behind Lego Tower Climber - but an even more visually impressive one. As well as that pesky alien goalkeeper (who confiscates all your footballs on contact), you have to tackle hills, slopes, and a range of even more futuristic obstacles, like hovering robots and what appear to be special boot-attracting magnets.

In your favour, there are powerups which give you extra time, points and footballs - plus a choice of flying boots to start off with. As Casper concludes, "Once you master the tricky controls of having to use both the mouse and the keyboard, this game is downright addictive".

Mouse to control direction, W to accelerate, S to brake or reverse, A and D to "strafe" left and right, Space to shoot.

The idea of the game seems to be to build up as much speed as possible - using the jumps and green accelerator arrows - on your run up the pitch, which also seems to be the best way of getting shots past the goalie.