In which swing is swung. Marsh joins the two Toms to celebrate Game Journalist Christmas, aka the IGF. Roguelike Risk Of Rain and spy-spoof Jazzpunk are our top stocking-stuffers. Meanwhile, Graham builds up, not out, in Sim City’s £25 DLC band-aid.
Plus! Tom F returns to Quadrilateral Cowboy with |337 hacking skillz, his mind honed by Michael Brough’s perplexing offerings: 868 Hack and Corrypt. Also: why no number of buckets will save you in Theme Hospital.
Our swingin’ intro music was from the track Clambake by The Mandibles. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion. They’re awesome. Have a listen, eh?
Show notes
- Roguelike platformer Risk of Rain.
- Tom F’s Risk of Rain video. A good primer.
- Everything that’s excellent about Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag in a gif.
- Hilarious robo-spy-spoof Jazzpunk.
- Jazzpunk’s antecedents, 30 Flights of Loving and Airplane!
- Firstperson hacking game, Quadrilateral Cowboy.
- Michael Brough’s catalogue of perplexing but brilliant games. Among which: Vertex Dispenser, Corrypt, 868 Hack and Glitch Tank.
- SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow DLC. I’ll (not) buy it for a high price!
- Magnasanti: a work of genius/insanity in SimCity 3000. Top comment: “This video makes me feel unwell.”
- Unreal Tournament’s DM-Escher.
- AngelMapper’s UT2k4 map Phase Shift.
- An analysis of Black Flag’s veracity by History Respawned.
- Glitch, a defunct 2D MMO, has released all its assets for free.
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