I love spinning tops. Their origins lost in antiquity they are a toy humanity has enjoyed for millennia. If you’ve only ever played with cheap poorly balanced tops then likely you won’t understand the interest. But watching a well crafted top spin, seemingly defying gravity for minutes at a time, spinning so smoothly it actually looks […]
Aliens Infestation
The perfect handheld space marine game. Most of the games I’ve played in the Alien series have sucked.* Which is particularly disappointing because I am such a huge fan of Alien. But Aliens Infestation breaks away from the rest, and is a noteworthy 2D side-scroller even if you’re not a fan of the franchise. You […]
Cut a Bitch Throughout the Metal Slug Series on Android
If you haven’t been playing the Metal Slug series for nearly 2 decades already then I’m sorry, you’ve been missing out. But now is your chance to play (or replay) one of the most legendary videogame collections of all time, because a big chunk of the series has been ported to Android. If you have somehow […]
Get Down with Bit.Trip Beat by Gaijin Games
Pong worth listening too. What can I say about Bit.Trip Beat? I like playing it even though I suck at it. The music is awesome. Its got retro simple play. There are some neat graphics going on in the background. And the boss fights are pretty epic. The controls are just like Pong, you tilt […]
Fight for Pixelated Justice Against, The League of Evil by Ravenous Games
The League of Evil does it right by keeping it simple. Retro styled with pixel graphics, a chiptune soundtrack and simple attack or jump controls, League of Evil is a solid platformer with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Ravenous Games has bolstered the title with modern adaptations like the double jump, air attack, […]
Tame the Wild West with Gunman Clive
There’s a special place in my heart for westerns. Maybe it’s because I’m an American. Maybe it’s because I admire Sergio Leone’s masterful directing and Client Eastwood’s iconic acting in For a Few Dollars More. Or it could be that I just like a hero who’s more at home with the underworld than against it. […]
Men Who Wear Many Hats Interview with Ryan Wiemeyer
The full transcript is below, but here are the main points: The Men Who Wear Many Hats are responsible for indie instant classic Organ Trail Director’s Cut. The game is available on virtually every platform, has over a million players, and exceeded its Kickstarter goal by 500%. The game succeeds by being a combination of things people love; zombies and nostalgic game play. […]
Mow a Bloody Swath, Organ Trail Director’s Cut
I have mixed feelings about the whole bit-revival thing. Most of it seems to be nostalgic throwback garbage. However, Organ Trail Director’s Cut succeeds by going beyond bit-revival, to bit-undead. Produced by Chicago based indie studio Men Who Wear Many Hats, this old school style game tugs on all the right childish heartstrings while having grown up to maturity. […]
In the Future of Storytelling “Episodic Gaming”
I have always enjoyed grand epic storytelling; novels, classic literature, comics, film, video games, but not really television until recently. Television when I was growing up didn’t have much in the way of story line progression. Shows had good guys and bad guys and they would duke it out for thirty minutes until the good guys won, that […]
"Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use."
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