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I have found that, when it comes to indie games, it's best to try and have no expectations whatsoever. Impossible, really, when you see a field full of platformers and space shooters but it's something I that I keep in mind. Icarus Proudbottom in: The Curse of the Chocolate Fountain is a perfect example of why. I thought this was just going to be a forced-scrolling dodge-em-up. And it is. But Chocolate Fountain is made a little bit deeper through a strange narrative and the introduction of melee combat about a third of the way through. It's also a 20 minute poop joke. Not phenomenal, but there's that thing about expectations again. Icarus Proudbottom in: The Curse of the Chocolate Fountain [Online Gamesector via RPS] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)That was the 'punniest' game I've played all year. In other news I felt the music was really great throughout , lo-and-behold all the songs from the game are in a folder called music. I'll be sure to tell my friends about this one. Is there perhaps a way I can donate some money to the devs? 3:30 PM on 05.23.2013 Super Splatters will be out on Steam in late JuneSpikySnail Games is targeting a June release on Steam for its enhanced-for-Windows/Mac/Linux Super Splatters. The physics-based puzzler provided a good deal of fun in its original Xbox Live Arcade incarnation, and this new In...
3:00 PM on 05.23.2013 Spot all the new stuff in this Terraria 1.2 preview videoEarly last year, Terraria developer Redigit released a statement that there would be no more major updates to the 2D open-world phenomenon, citing fatherhood as the main reason for moving on. Fortunately for fans of the game...
10:30 PM on 05.22.2013 Raise your badger children in Might and Delight's ShelterLife as a mother badger doesn't strike me as something that would be particularly easy, but conflict sure does make for an interesting story. Pid developer Might and Magic is going where no one to my knowledge has gone befor...
6:30 PM on 05.22.2013 Devs express disappointment with Xbox One over TwitterMicrosoft's Matt Booty affirmed earlier today that digital publishing policies on Xbox One would be no different than they were on Xbox 360. Any hope that Microsoft would right the ship that has inconvenienced a good number o...
12:30 PM on 05.22.2013 Xboned! Indies can't self-publish on Xbox One[Castle Vidcons by Tyler Rhodes] Both Sony and Nintendo are bending over backwards to make their platforms as attractive to indie developers as possible, from waived licensing fees to free patching. Microsoft has been slippin...
11:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Put on your ninja shoes, N v2.0 is playable nowBy now, we've seen the big reveals of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, and I can safely declare a winner: PC. Why? Because just a few days ago, Metanet Software released a huge update to its diabolical ninja platformer N,...
8:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Terry Cavanagh teases new puzzle game Halting ProblemTerry Cavanagh is known for making some of the most brutally difficult, yet immensely satisfying games. VVVVVV showcased some downright masochistic platforming, and Super Hexagon provided twitch gaming that evoked an almost r...
5:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Review: Sanctum 2I think the first Sanctum game surprised a lot of people. It took the intellectual strategy aspect of tower defense games and combined it with the more action-oriented first-person shooter genre to create a unique, wonderful ...
5:00 PM on 05.20.2013 Review: ReusThe prosperous settlement of Castletown had everything its residents could possibly desire. Lumbering giants had turned a once barren wasteland into a fertile coastal forest, and like titanic servants they had places mines, p...
11:00 AM on 05.19.2013 CounterSpy takes inspiration from classic side-scrollersThe first thing you'll notice about CounterSpy is its unique art style. Really, you can say that about a lot of the indie titles Sony has been picking up lately, but there's something extra special about this one. That probab...
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