I like games where I can move quickly. A soft spot in my soul remains for games like Tribes: Ascend and Crumble, where I can blitz across levels at insane speed if I connect the right amount of luck and skill. One the other end of the spectrum sits the 3d Sonic the Hedgehog games, … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #23: Spark the Electric Jester 3

Well. That's a game title. AARDfG is actually a game I picked up a while back, because a skydiving arcade-style game sounded cool. I played it for half an hour, then left it behind and didn't crack it open again until now. Was it worth coming back to? Kind of, yeah. But I'm also about … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #22: AaAaAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity

Crumble was an anticipated release for me. I followed some videos I saw about it online and got really excited about the speed and precision of the tongue-slinging slime ball character, then bought the game day one. It turned out the speed and precision were more… theoretical. At least in my case. In Crumble, the … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #21: Crumble

What would happen if you translated Dark Souls into a 2d game? Salt and Sanctuary took it upon itself to find out, with… mixed results. My time with this game was a series of ups and down, over and over, until one persistent downer caused me to quit. Rather than ramble on, I'll just go … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #20: Salt and Sanctuary

I ended my last post thinking that I would like to try Planet Zoo. But I don't have Planet Zoo, so I rolled on my random PC game list instead. And I got Jurassic World: Evolution. A licensed 'zoo' game by the same company. What are the odds? At least, those were the expectations I … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #19: Jurassic World: Evolution

Roller Coaster Tycoon Deluxe is one of the greatest real time management games of all time. It came about as the vision of one man, put together using an archaic programming language, and yet nearly perfected every part of the park sim experience. Growing up, RCT was one of my favorite games. I struggle to … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #18: Planet Coaster

DiRT is an apt name. I've played Burnout, Need for Speed, Daytona, Midnight Club, GTA, and… well, Mario Kart, and none of them felt even remotely similar to this rally car racer. Why? It's in the dirt. My very first turn in DiRT had me spinning wildly, praying for traction. My second slammed me into … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #17: DiRT 3 Complete Edition

Wow, games used to play differently. I'm no stranger to platforming/adventure/puzzle hybrids with very stiff movement and level design. This was all the rage in the 90s. Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was my first dose of this kind of gameplay, and that game itself was copying Tomb Raider. Games in the 2d space, … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #16: Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee

Celeste is one of my top three games of all time. When I saw a devlog about making an 'Excellent Platformer' featuring an artstyle kinda like the one in Celeste, it was an instant click. I followed along in the video, enjoyed the analysis of what makes platformers tick, and proceeded to by the game … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #15: Finding Xavier

Platform fighters have long been my favorite multiplayer genre… okay, Super Smash Bros. Brawl has long been my favorite. The rest are pretty good. When I found Brawlhalla in my library with only six minutes played (and no memory of playing it), I wondered what stopped me. Was six minutes even long enough to experience … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #14: Brawlhalla