I’ve always found it upsetting when people describe games as “unforgiving” and then just leave it at that. That sets up such a small facet of the game that you might as well start over with the plastic wrap around the box. A game can be unforgiving but fair or unforgiving and an unrepentant piece [...]
According to a recent announcement, the indie hit The Binding of Issac will soon feature more content, and will be ported to another platform. Co-developer Edmund McMillen proclaimed on his Twitter feed that The Binding of Issac will be having an expansion pack. In the past few days, McMillen was in conflict of what the [...]
If the art of The Binding of Isaac reminds of you Super Meat Boy, there’s good reason; it’s from the Edmund McMillen half of Team Meat, though this time he’s with collaborator Florian Himsl. If you’re not in the know (and who can blame you for this one), The Binding of Isaac is a shooter [...]
Braid was an amazing game. Super Meat Boy was equally astounding in its own insane platforming way and from what I can tell, 2008 IGF Excellent in Visual Art award winner Fez from Polytron will also be uniquely exceptional. What ties them together (aside from being side-scrolling platformers) is that they’re indie games, perfect candidates [...]
Word just came out of GDC that Team Meat member Edmund McMillen just announced an ‘Ultra Edition’ of Super Meat Boy that will retail in April. This makes sense, given that according to a recent tweet by Team Meat, Super Meat Boy sold over 400,000 copies on Steam alone, far outselling its XBLA counterpart. This [...]
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