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Published by Ben Alford on May 4, 2011
Published by Ben Alford on April 27, 2011
GIRP, a Spiritual Successor to QWOP
GIRP is somewhat of a spiritual successor to QWOP, Bennett Foddy’s hit running game where you control the legs of a runner with the Q, W, O and P keys. QWOP, for me, was more of an interesting novelty than something of genuine interest.
Published by Ben Alford on March 31, 2011
Exploring Inside a Star-filled Sky
Jason Rohrer’s Inside a Star-filled Sky is confounding. Its premise is laid out on the game’s website, which is a very loose quote from everyone’s favorite justice, Antonin Scalia.
Published by Ben Alford on March 26, 2011
PAX East 2011: Fez Gameplay Video
For those who couldn't make it to PAX East and play Fez, developer Polytron released a direct feed gameplay video today, showing off the first few minutes of the game. It looks absolutely wonderful.
Published by Ben Alford on March 16, 2011
10 Minutes of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Here are 10 minutes of gameplay from Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, a beautiful 2D Metroid-like game. It is playable for first time at PAX East this weekend. It should be coming soon to Xbox Live Arcade.
Published by Ben Alford on March 11, 2011
Nintendo GDC Keynote Rundown
Today Nintendo had a keynote speech at GDC and here is a rundown of what happened. First, it should be noted that the speech was streamed live and at the time of this writing, it is being looped here.
Published by Ben Alford on March 2, 2011