I sometimes worry that even though I talk a big game about championing videogames as a creative medium, I’m full of crap. Nine times out ten, if I’m playing a game, it’s some blockbuster title or the twentieth entry in a franchise that’s been milked for more than a decade. If a game with the word Castlevania in its name is on the shelf next to, say, Rhythm Tengoku, I’m going to buy Castlevania. I’m that guy. I am part of the problem. Thankfully, there are people out there spreading the word on independent gaming’s greatest achievements.
I am indebted to Infinite Lives for spreading the word on Petri Purho. Petri has created a brand new videogame every month for the past two years, hosting them all on his blog Kloonigames. This is a remarkable feat in and of itself but many of these games are a hoot, visually rich, occasionally unsettling, and all of them smart.
Celebrate the man’s achievement by indulging in a little Humpsters (pictured) or perhaps a little Choke on my Groundhog, YOU BASTARD ROBOTS.
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