5 Indie games that the mainstream couldn’t make…
One of the great things about being Indie (not Goro, although that might be an advantage too) is that you’re free to fuck around with concepts and idea’s that the commercial publishers wouldn’t touch with someone elses bargepole roughly the size of South Africa.
So, lets celebrate, dear readers, five games whose concepts would never manage to get past the pitching stage at a mainstream publishers…
So, this Zune then…
…cock knows if anyone wants the hardware, but the player has a rather nifty visualisation malarkey built in 
3 modules culled from (well, visualisations based upon, anyway ) Llamasofts NeonPC, as NeonPC is still in distribution hell for the time being, its the closest a non Xbox360 owning person will get for now.
Curiously enough, its still fucking beautiful…
thanks to Jeff for the heads up (as vague a hint as it was)
Arsecast #3
Where doubtlessly, I find myself on the end of The Arsecast Hosts bile…which is ace.
Downloading it myself now, so in the meantime - go and grab your arses here and enjoy.
Space Giraffe
So, I wouldn’t normally do anything YouTubey as a blog post…but I’ll make a special exception for Team Llamasofts sneak peek at Space Giraffe.
I’ve just made a mess in my pants.
Gridrunner++
One of my greatest non family based fears, is that one day I’ll wake up, I’ll look at the world and no longer care about games. Having been a gamer since the age of 7, and with barely a day gone by since where I haven’t had a blast at something - its a scary thought that your life long love may one day wane.
Gridrunner++ is, fortunately, a constant reminder that for every substandard clone or desperate money grabbing pile of utter turd that inexplicably floats to the top of the pile, there’s always going to be one of the most beautifully designed games in existance out there… the day technology reaches the point whereby I have GR++ taken away from me, may well just be the day I stop upgrading until we all raid Jeffs house and force him at gunpoint to make it work again under whatever level of technology we may have reached at that point.
Its also very rare for me to care for a game as much as I do for Gridrunner++. Its not by any means for the faint of heart when it comes to shooting kicks - if being arseraped by a giant smiley face isn’t your thing, then I suggest you head on over to World Of Spectrum and download Advanced Lawnmower Simulator or something a little less strenuous. It may not have the brutality of something like Fren-Ze, it may not have the visuals of where Jeffs heading now, but what it has in absolute bucketloads is a love of the genre, a respect for the player and heart poundingly intense but fair gameplay.
Its also one of the only games in existence where the advice “always keep a sheep beneath you” is sound advice.
There’s very little I can say really that probably hasn’t been said a million times before, better than I no doubt - but a world without Gridrunner++ would be a sad world indeed. So whilst the rest of the world waits for Space Giraffe to emerge, and NeonPC to raise its head from distribution hell - I’ll be waiting patiently, with Gridrunner++ as my companion until then.
And, whilst GR++ still exists, I’ll still care.
Return of the Arsecast
The second episode of the increasingly excellent Arsecast has flolloped itself out onto the internets with customary aplomb and swear words. This time round its a special edition taking a peek at some of the Retro Remakes 2006 Competition entries - the good, the bad, and pretty much ignoring the indifferent and concentrating on the more interesting extremes…and Ghostbusters.
As well as the competition entries, there’s an obligatory look at some of the new games floating around the independent scene for your aural pleasure.
It even made Mrs Bob crack a smile or twelve, so get on down to the Arsecast groovetown.
WOTR #77
Whilst I tear my hair out over the hammering the RR servers are getting with the competition games being released…why not take a few moments to enjoy this months ever excellent WotR.
Of course, aside from pressing you towards the usual excellent gaming journalism fix - may I highly recommend the Naked War review by yours truly?
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