Air hockey may not be the most exciting game, but when you place it in a world that’s best described as a cross between Star Wars and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, well, things get quite a bit more interesting. That’s the basic feel of Shufflepuck Cantina, a free-to-play iOS game that puts you in the space boots of a crashed astronaut who needs to play a whole lot of air hockey in order to earn the necessary credits to get back home. You’ll face off against a wide range of fun, interesting characters as you make your way through the surprisingly large cantina, and there are all sorts of items and special moves to unlock that help spice up the relatively basic gameplay. The game looks great, the controls are solid, and there’s a lot to do — and while it may not be quite the “wretched hive of scum and villainy” that the Mos Eisley cantina was, there’s still a lot to enjoy in Shufflepuck Cantina. You can grab it for your iOS device at the source link below.
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