Who said that nobody makes exceedingly odd games nowadays?

[andrewducker]

via broin

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[broin.livejournal.com]

Isn't it crazy? I can't tell whether it'll be fun, but it has some gorgeous art direction.

[andrewducker]

It does look fantastic.

And I do like simple, fun, games.

I've been playing around with Castle Age 2 recently, as a fun 10 minute distraction.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Well nobody really since Portal ;)

Hmm looks a bit like Darwinia but with a theme change. Hm, no. Or Katamari without the collecting? Or tower defence?

[andrewducker]

Exactly, it's a bunch of different ideas brought together in an unusual way. If it works it'll be genius, but making that kind of thing work well is tricky.

[chuma.livejournal.com]

Braid is definitely one since Portal.

Katamari Darwinia definitely somes this one up well.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew why, even after watching the video and seeing it properly on the single post page, on my friends feed, I still see Mitchell and Webb.

[andrewducker]

Clear your cache?

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

How does it even think a video in one post is the same as another?

[andrewducker]

Seen it happen with Flash on numerous occasions. Not so much recently though.

[ipslore.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew why it does that as well!

[fub.livejournal.com]

Looks a bit like Odama.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Wait, who says they don't make odd games any more?

I guess people who only hear about the really big releases from big companies might say that, but there are tons of odd games out or in development. Particularly if you look at the portable market and XBLA.

Glitch, 3d Dot Game Heroes, Little Big Planet, 'Splosion Man, the Katamari games, Sleep Is Death, pretty much any ostentatiously "indie" game, The Void, Child of Eden, Brutal Legend, A Boy & His Blob, Explodemon, Fat Princess, Half Minute Hero, The Path....