I've been productive!
I finished Alien Hominid just a few moments ago. I gotta admit, the ending was touching, all those fat kids, and space, and a big tough Hominid bully and a rave at area 51....the game is quite delightful.
I absolutely adore what The Behemoth, the brain trust behind the game, is bringing to the table. They seem to share Nintendo's message that games should be games, and that turbografix and realistic emulation is only noble inasmuch as it brings verisimilitude. The Behemoth uses hand-drawn animation in their games, which I absolutely adore, because you get a real feel for the attitude and personality behind the game itself. Alien Hominid isn't just a side-scrolling shooter: it's an interactive cartoon, a serialized adventure of a little yellow critter and his big green gun.
I do find myself wishing they would do more than milk the nostalgia market for videogames, but I'll give them some time. They're the only ones in that market at the moment, and they are re-inventing the wheel.
In closing, WATCH THE BOONDOCKS, HAVE AARON MCGRUNDERS MANBABBIES, AND DON'T BITCH ABOUT IT.
I finished Alien Hominid just a few moments ago. I gotta admit, the ending was touching, all those fat kids, and space, and a big tough Hominid bully and a rave at area 51....the game is quite delightful.
I absolutely adore what The Behemoth, the brain trust behind the game, is bringing to the table. They seem to share Nintendo's message that games should be games, and that turbografix and realistic emulation is only noble inasmuch as it brings verisimilitude. The Behemoth uses hand-drawn animation in their games, which I absolutely adore, because you get a real feel for the attitude and personality behind the game itself. Alien Hominid isn't just a side-scrolling shooter: it's an interactive cartoon, a serialized adventure of a little yellow critter and his big green gun.
I do find myself wishing they would do more than milk the nostalgia market for videogames, but I'll give them some time. They're the only ones in that market at the moment, and they are re-inventing the wheel.
In closing, WATCH THE BOONDOCKS, HAVE AARON MCGRUNDERS MANBABBIES, AND DON'T BITCH ABOUT IT.
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Oh, and I do kind of enjoy The Boondocks, although I think it would be better at 15 minutes. And Huey should sound less like a chick.
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