It’s George Washington shooting aliens in Ninja Time Pirates

Ever wanted to see what it would be like to have Paul Revere blowing bad guys to digital bits from a tank, or Benjamin Franklin electrocuting enemies with lighting power? Then HappyGiant’s Ninja Time Pirates (Q4 2013; iOS) is just the type of free-to-play historical mind-bender/squad-based adventure you’ve been looking for.

Funny thing is, the game basically takes every conspiracy theory imaginable, from Roswell and the Philadelphia Experiment to Easter Island and Bigfoot, and throws together a storyline where the future of earth is fought throughout its past by a group of time traveling guardians packed with some seriously bad-ass weaponry.

The Ninja Time Pirates design team includes veterans from LucasArts, Roblox, and EA, but the game really has that old-school flavor of classic LucasArts games like Monkey Island, as gamers take their the squad of historical heroes on an epic quest to battle foes from Ancient Egypt to Colonial New England.

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