I'm Christopher Harper, formerly known as Travis Touchdown and also known as Contra.
I play video games and write for a living. I also write for fun, which is what I'm doing here!
Contact: My Steam profile @CallMeContra on Twitter Work: My writing on GamersDirector, a site for high-level gameplay and optimization guides. If you like my work here, check it out! My writing on CGDirector, a site for PC hardware and content production guides My modern fantasy webserial, [RE]cursion. My YouTube Channel, where I create frag movies and the occasional video essay My Twitch channel, where I play a bunch of (usually singleplayer) games with mods and custom rulesets, including Paper Mario, Doom, and Devil May Cry Support: Steam Wishlist (video games!) Amazon Wishlist (stuff I should probably get to!) PayPal Donations (feeding my ego and probably my next dinner) Big Posts Shovel Knight and delayed appreciation 2/21/18 What Hotline Miami 2 taught me about death 2/26/18 /
Frontpaged on 3/4/18! Team Fortress 2 and The Feeling of Coming Home 2/10/19
I distinctly remember the launch of Shovel Knight in 2014. Even prior to its launch, Shovel Knight seemed to be quite anticipated: its retro stylings in particular seemed to draw interest. Post-launch, Shovel Knight was lauded as a brillian...