![]() ![]() Johnny MalloyĪs a fan of the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater series (I stopped after 4, which I hear was as good a time as any to quit), I was always going to get Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2. While this game is nowhere near as dark, the music is an interesting choice, and definitely gives the game an attitude all its own. As a side note, the soundtrack is unique, fusing hip hop beats with 8 bit chip tunes to create a strange dichotomy between the music and gameplay that sort of reminds me of LISA: The Painful. I could see how it would get challenging rather quickly, too, with only a limited amount of hit points and having to juggle your luck as a resource. The control scheme has taken some getting used to, but at a few levels in, I find myself enjoying the game well enough. The flip side of this is that bad things can happen if your luck happens to be low, like pieces of the environment falling down and taking out a chunk of your health. It’s an oddball, weird premise, and this is reflected further by the gameplay, where you can activate your luck once you’ve accumulated enough of it and activate certain things in the environment, such as platforms appearing out of nowhere. You play as an unnamed cowboy who sets out to restore the town of Clover Creek by tracking down six outlaws who have stolen its good luck charms. The other game I played was Luckslinger, a side scrolling action platformer where luck is a measurable commodity. Also, it’s completely, 100% free, meaning you have nothing to lose by trying it out. It’s mild compared to more complete games, but it’s clear that a lot of love went into its production. It touches on the classic Western idea of a person being drawn in by more and more violence and how that creates an endless cycle that’s exceptionally difficult to break out of. Its brevity means that your mileage with the game will vary but I had a good time while it lasted. It revolves (hehe) around a series of duels, where you must pull your gun by holding the mouse button and swinging the look icon downwards before aiming as fast as you can and pulling the trigger. ![]() In the amount of time I sat down, opened my computer, and started typing this, you can beat Dead Horizon easily. It’s essentially a short story in video game form. The first game I goofed around with was Dead Horizon, a point and click adventure game where you control a young woman named Bonnie Starr who goes on to be a legendary gunslinger. This week I dove back into the more Western side of video games with two pixelated, but very different takes on the old West. ![]() Our gaming editors share what games are trending in their personal zeitgeist in this week’s edition of We’re Just Playing. ![]()
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