In Other News – Bullying, Pigeons, Runers, and Beat ’em ups
As we approach the busy season (Destiny is out tomorrow, for goodness sake!), there’s bound to be some cracking articles written out there on the internet, so here’s four of our favourites from four indie sites we like.
GGS: Hold Your Fire on Sexism & Bullying in Gaming
It’s a hot topic right now, and rightly so. Bullying and sexism is never okay. NEVER OKAY. But it takes a fine mind to put their feelings and thoughts down on paper (or the internet), and Tony Sadowski has done exactly that over at GGS.
StickTwiddlers: Hatoful Boyfriend Review
Bloody pigeons. Seriously, ever since our own review of Hatoful Boyfriend, every time I see a bird walking around on a garden, I think of this game. That’s the power of marketing, kids! Anyway, Sarah Dyer has taken a look at the game too, and rather likes it.
Expansive: Runers – As We Play
Another one we’ve reviewed recently, but here, Expansive use their “as we play” method, and discover “A lot of placeholder text and UI features remain at this stage, which is apt considering the amount of work the game needs.”.
The Average Gamer: SNES Scrolling Beat ’em ups
Wow, this is right in my wheelhouse. Thankfully for Kevin Kissane over on The Average Gamer, he includes a cursory nod to Streets of Rage 2, one of the best games of the retro era, for my money. But this is a fascinating reminder of some of those classics, lost to a genre we just don’t see anything of these days.
