WALKING DOWN THE STREET, I GET PUNCHED. Much as such an act of unexpected violence would serve as an assault on the senses, every sensory interaction with Get Punched is an assault on the player: from the aggressive soundtrack to the predominantly black and pink visual theme; from the spurts of pixels that accompany scenery … [Read more…]
Download OGG Most people would not give someone as rapturous a reception to the fact that they had an interest in the philosophy of science as Zoya Street did to me when I spoke to him about Dreamcast Worlds: A Design History: the typical reaction to this is a passive, borderline-sullen nod of acknowledgement or … [Read more…]
In this month’s Edge, a case was made by Tadhg Kelly against the general sense of dread that seems to accompany the news of moves such as the further incorporation of microtransactions into (typically EA) games and the borderline puritanical clamouring of “games are not what they used to be” from certain elements within the … [Read more…]
The men and women of Treasure are sick, twisted individuals: again and again, they have managed to craft games that are incredibly compelling and forever demand just one more go, while remaining so horrifically hard that one starts to develop a captor-captive relationship with the fruits of the developers’ labours. Treasure, along with Cave, are … [Read more…]
Considering that the Vita has suffered from an unfortunate case of “let out to die” syndrome at the hands of Sony, there is something special about finding a Vita title that is not good simply because it exists on the platform, but rather good by virtue of its presentation, game mechanics and use of what … [Read more…]