Fun arcade-y helicopter game!

The rules are simple: Fly your little chopper over some pretty islands, gather supplies and rescue people (like the old PC game Desert Strike - although if you're my age you'll probably think of the arcade classic Choplifter). The catch is in the controls, which behave a little like an RC helicopter: WASD to accelerate/decelerate and turn, and IJKL to adjust altitude or strafe side-to-side. That's right, you need two hands to fly this bird and it isn't easy. It doesn't help that there are UFOs and tornadoes and such crowding your airspace, or that you've only got a minute or so of fuel before you'll want to land and resupply. 

It can be a little maddening getting used to the controls but that's the fun! The chopper has very clean physics and it's enjoyable to learn it. Farfromsleep added a "Chill" mode where you can just tool around in the chopper, which is a fun way to use this game as a toy. I personally like the missions, though - very challenging. My only complaint is that there's no way to see where that last crate is, sometimes you lose the mission because you had a gap in your search pattern and that's less fun. This is my go-to game right now for when I have 5 minutes before my next work meeting.