After over a year of not writing in this thing, it's time to get restarted, and so here we go.
Indiecade. Independent... cade. A festival of all things gaming that might have otherwise slipped under the radar, or worse, been lost in the bargain bin of DLC.
Went with a friend today, on this, the day of the media preview.
Highlights:
The Cat and the Coup is a "documentary game in which you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran."
With a description like that, what preteen wouldn't want it for Christmas? I was thrilled to find myself scratching and pawing at the former prime minister as his fictional black cat, and, as developer Peter Brinson explained to me, I was more or less becoming a part of history.
As the cat, you are given hints by outlines of yourself appearing in the spot you need to be. For instance, I was given the task of knocking over an inkwell. I pawed at the damn thing until it flew across the room, causing the old man to shuffle after it, which in turn opened a door that I could pass through.
The game itself is a magical dream, with vibrant colors and impossible physics. Not only could this game be played, it could be studied.
Limbo is already available via the Xbox Arcade.
From what I understood without the developer around, this side-scrolling adventure requires the player to outsmart boobie traps and escape giant spiders. A truly visual beauty, this one, with a lot of trial-and-error restarts. I gave up after being unable to avoid a bear trap for the tenth time. Yes, that is a giant spider.
And B.U.T.T.O.N. (Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now) is a ridiculous party game that every drunk should own. You don't even have to be drunk, you could be high. You could be high and drunk. You could be sober. You should own it. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I'll just leave this here.
Tomorrow is day two, and as was promised by a guy I met on the street, it will be "amazing." On the agenda:
John Romero
Humans Vs. Zombies (in real life)
Party?
