Thursday, June 21, 2012

the long and the short

Short Cuts: Games I tried but have nothing to say about

Lollipop chainsaw (360): I played until the end of the first level and retreated to let my teen son play. It feeds all of his needs in its endless repetition and grind-rewarding scoring. The jokes are funny the first time, and repeated endlessly, reducing great ideas to tiresome experiences. Compounded by intensely linear design, Suda51’s penchant for beating a horse to death with another horse is well represented.