Review by Matt S. I’ve always preferred Donkey Kong’s 2D platformers to any others (yes, including Mario). From the primal background music, to the exotic locations, to the animal heroes and enemies, there’s a more earthy theme and style to Donkey Kong than the other major platformer franchises, and I…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Platforming games were my bread and butter growing up. I had some older consoles like the TI99/4a and Atari to keep me busy as a little kid and then when the NES came out I got to experience the wonders of Super Mario Bros. and more.…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for indie platformers to stand out from one another, particularly when a game’s novelty has to do with difficulty. The PC’s selection is astounding and there’s quite a variety amongst tough-as-nails platformers with titles such as Super Meat Boy, No Time to…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. OlliOlli, given to us by indie developer Roll7, is the perfect mix of challenging yet rewarding gameplay that is replayable enough to work through the levels over and over again. OlliOlli is very simple in its design, yet it’s this simplicity that makes the game so…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. I swear the game starts off just like my typical Thursday nights. The hero of Unepic is sitting around a table with some friends playing a pen-and-paper game like Dungeons & Dragons. Banter. Check. Snarky remarks. Check. This is looking good! Then something strange happens. The…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. An interesting trend so far with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 is that the downloadable titles for those systems seem to be as good (if not better) than the big budget retail discs. On the PlayStation 4 we have had titles like Super Motherload, Don’t…
Read MoreReview by Shaan J. When it comes to video games (especially indie platformers), we are very quick to slap a “retro” label on new titles. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it’s a lot easier (from a technical and production standpoint) to hearken back to old-school graphics. But most of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I love foreign films because in watching them I learn something about the culture and environment that the film director, writer, and other artists involved in the production live within. It’s great to see the games industry start to follow suit, with independent developers across the…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. For indie developers, the go to place for platforming titles as of late has been on Nintendo’s 3DS eShop. Titles such as Mutant Mudds and Gunman Clive have been of a consistently great quality, and the asking price has been low. It’s been a welcomed treat…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. To get a full understanding of what Eryi’s Action is and why it exists in the first place, we first need to look at two approaches to games which until recently have been fairly exclusive to Japan. Ever since the platformer genre took off in the…
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