‘Hey it’s just whack-a-mole’ … and an excuse for me to draw lots and lots and lots of Film and TV Lawyers. Forgot to colour in Sean Penn’s clowny face properly. BAH. 

….honest to god I came up with the gameplay mechanic for this BEFORE the title. HONEST UNTO GOD !

Hmmn..on 2nd look this seems to be a bit shimilar to Ricky&Dick’s Hokokum game. It was either this or another one with ladies in football socks…

*will update this with it’s Multi-sex version (with dangling attack modes) later. Let’s say this version features Grayson Perry as it’s only male playable character for now…

Game Design is Broken ! – Game Designers CAN FIX IT !

Predicts the Future of Gaming Interaces in his crystal ball, which turns out to be a Big Glass Ball. Ironically. Featuring pumping soundtrack by Ozrics Tentacles of course.

….still haven’t actually played Patapon yet though….

as if someone watched the end of Ferris Bueller and thought ‘this will make a most marvellous game’… 

Every month, as part of the regular monthly meetings of the Austin, TX independent game community JUEGOS RANCHEROS, we do a very casual & chatty rundown of the ten or so games from the previous month — both local and global, and both indie and occasionally a bit-bigger-budget — for the audience, to give people — especially those curious onlookers from outside the indie community itself — a look at what they may have missed.

In keeping with the tongue-in-tobacco-packed-cheek tone, we call these run-downs A Fistful of Indies, which are be presented here on Venus Patrol for your reference, each fully-annotated, -linked, and off-the-cuff blurbed, in addition to their home on the JUEGOS RANCHEROS site.

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On holiday till tuesday now, but will post the amazing ‘Mr Crow’ when I get back. He. Is. AmaZinG.