Category Archives: Platformer

Shovel Knight: Actually as Good as People Say It Is

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Lee 1 Comment

Shovel Knight : Actually as Good as People Say It Is Shovel Knight gets it. It doesn’t follow the cargo cult routine of indie games who use sprite-based graphics instead of good game design; it groks its favorite NES games … Continue reading →

Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Indie Games That Don't Suck, Music, Platformer, Video Gaming

Ascendant: A Capable But Flawed Roguelike-Like

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Lee 2 Comments

  Ascendant : A Capable But Flawed Roguelike-Like Ascendant is a 2D platformer with randomly-generated procedurally-generated levels and loot. The action is unforgiving and the plot is negligible—two things I find refreshing in a video game. Ascendant owes a lot … Continue reading →

Beat-Em-Up, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Platformer, Roguelike-Like, Video Gaming

BattleBlock Theater is Great

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Lee Leave a comment

BattleBlock Theater is one of the best platformers in years. Continue reading →

Online Gaming, Platformer, Puzzle, Video Gaming

Frogger — Timeless

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Lee Leave a comment

Frogger — Timeless 1981’s Frogger is an important part of video game pop culture. It’s not as recognizable as other early 80s arcade characters, but the concept of a top-down view of a small creature running through traffic and across … Continue reading →

Commissioned, Platformer, Video Gaming

A Review of Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Lee 1 Comment

A Review of Valdis Story: Abyssal City Valdis Story: Abyssal City is a 2013 Metroidvania by Endlessfluff Games. It’s better than most.

Beat-Em-Up, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Indie Games That Don't Suck, Metroidvania, Platformer, Video Gaming

Mega Man Unlimited is Astonishingly Good

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Mega Man Unlimited is Astonishingly Good If you get the Mega Man formula wrong, your results are mediocrities with predictable levels and nothing to test the player, like Street Fighter X Mega Man . Do it right and you get … Continue reading →

Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Platformer, Video Gaming

Indie Games That Don’t Suck: Depth

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Lee 3 Comments

Indie Games That Don’t Suck: Depth I began this article by attempting to review all of the entries in the “ Experimental Game Pack 01 ”. This failed when I realized my utter incompetence at reviewing that half of the … Continue reading →

First-Person, Indie Games That Don't Suck, Platformer, Puzzle, Video Gaming

DuckTales Remastered: A Pathetic Exercise in Imperialist Hegemony

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Lee 4 Comments

DuckTales Remastered: A Pathetic Exercise in Imperialist Hegemony SMASH THE DUCKRIARCHY!!!!!! It’s so insulting and degrading to keep stereotyping and denying rights to an entire subset of intelligent beings based on traits they cannot control. To inflict vicious cane beatings … Continue reading →

Comedy, Exploring Stuff, Platformer, Politics, Video Gaming

Rogue Legacy: Tolerable

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Rogue Legacy: Tolerable This is Rogue Legacy , not the 1980 game Rogue . Sorry, Mike Ricca! Hope your controller works ok. Rogue Legacy is a 2013 2D platformer Metroidvania quasi-roguelike mish-mash of a game by Cellar Door Games. (1) … Continue reading →

Exploring Stuff, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Metroidvania, Platformer, Roguelike, Video Gaming

Sonic: After the Sequel

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Lee Leave a comment

Sonic: After the Sequel is a free fanmade PC game that uses art assets from existing Sonic the Hedgehog games in combination with new art to create a series of original levels. It is a two-dimensional platformer like the Genesis/Mega … Continue reading →

Platformer, Video Gaming