Get ready for an awesome two hours with Edmund McMillen, creator (and co-creator) of some amazing titles over the years, including the recent hits Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac.
In this open, honest interview, McMillen dishes about his role in Indie Game: The Movie, his influences, his thoughts on business, the origins of his games, and much, much more.
Our thanks to him for sitting down with us. Enjoy!
HIGH Playing with the awesome concept in the first few levels is a gas.
LOW Almost throwing my 3DS across the room when in Ragequit Mode.
WTF Who stole'd my story?
Here's our interview with Derek Yu and Andy Hull of Mossmouth Games, creators of this Summer's fantastic adventure game, Spelunky!
In this interview we learn all about Spelunky's march from freeware lark to Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) powerhouse. We also hear all about Derek and Andy's history in the indie scene, as well as Derek's award-winning Aquaria!
HIGH A slow-motion, high-caliber rifle round breaching an enemy's skull is terrifyingly beautiful.
LOW Anyone else tired of morally mucked-up shooter heroes?
WTF Bullet Time©. Shootdodge™.
HIGH "A-HAAAA!!!"
LOW It ain't fun fighting the Backtrack Monster.
WTF The ending is pure gaming gravy.
HIGH Watching skillful players show their stuff in the game's TV Mode is pretty impressive.
LOW "GAAAAHH. It's one tiny, stupid bomb! Please don't make me start over……."
WTF We got a new gaming genre! The Flying-Blobs-Exploding-Into-Liquid-to-Set-Off-Bombs-type!
HIGH You can't beat the feeling of imminent death suddenly giving way to absolute victory.
LOW Your friends don't like it when you curse the television so.
WTF Who's the wife when a bison fathers a wolverine?
HIGH Surfing the Sunken City in the fading afternoon-absolutely gorgeous.
LOW Can't we have more?
WTF Put on a scarf and fly!
Here's the wrap-up of our fantastic talk with David Jaffe, creative lead on the Twisted Metal series and one of my favorite all-time games, God of War.
Inside, we finish up our talk on the new Twisted Metal, we hear about Mr. Jaffe's future plans, and we hear how he feels about other games and designers aping his style. If you're a fan of David's, you don't want to miss this one!
HIGH Nothing better than wearing your mother's clothes while fighting monsters with laser tears alongside your floating stillborn brother.
LOW Completely misjudging an enemy's projectile can really stick it to you.
WTF "Wow. Is that thing that's currently squirting blood at me what I think it is?"
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