Xbox LIVE Indie Platformance: Castle Pain is worth a look

Before the still-sorta-recent switch to more reasonable Microsoft Point bundles ($5, $10, etc.) on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, it was far too easy to build up weird amounts of extra points. Sure, you could buy Avatar gear or an Xbox 360 theme with the leftovers, but wouldn’t you rather get a game instead?

One such game you could get is Platformance: Castle Pain. It’s essentially a one-dollar kick to the groin; why yes, I do mean that as a compliment. As the name suggests, it is, indeed, a tough platformer — death is always mere seconds away. There are checkpoints, though, and the pixel art is fairly good.

For the price, you can’t exactly complain. Well, you can, but that’d make you something of a jerk in my eyes. Here’s the link to queue it up, if you’re interested.