Month: March 2012
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Strange Free Games: Cave Story
Ah, yes. Here’s the game that inspired me to create this entire blog series. It’s a game that inspired countless independent game developers. It’s an epic, a mystery, and a tragedy. And it was made by one man, in Japan. Here’s Cave Story, a cute Megaman-inspired platform-shooter, with an excellent but bleak story. Cave Story has been…
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Weekly Game Music: Prisman Holiday (de Blob 2)
New week, new music. We’ve been talking about PC games for the last 3 weeks, so let’s go back to colorful (pun-intended) console music. Here’sPrisman Holiday from de Blob 2, composed by John Guscott and performed by The Bamboos. It’s a soothing music to compliment the artful game. de Blob 2 starts when Papa Blanc rigs the general election at Prisma…
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Strange Free Games: Unmanned
Taking the words right out of Metal Gear Solid 4, “War has changed.” Here’s another game from La Molleindustria that brings this topic to light. It’sUnmanned, and as its title implies, is a short flash game about unmanned aerial vehicles used for war. Unmanned can be played right on your browser, or downloaded on Windows or Mac…