Defender of the Favicon is a remake of the video game Defender for the tiniest canvas imaginable. The game takes place in the site’s favicon—that 16x16-pixel square to the left of your browser’s address bar. (GONY’s is a slate-blue “G.”) Here’s a screenshot:

Defender of the Favicon is practically unplayable. The screen is too small (obviously), the controls are jerky, and it bastardizes an arcade classic. Yet I sure did enjoy playing it. For some reason, games are much more fun when played in a medium that was not designed to support games. DOTF reminds me of the wristwatches they made when I was in grade school that could play mini-games on their primitive LCDs. The games would not have impressed us in any other context, but HOLY CRAP THAT KID’S WATCH IS A GAME!