On Wednesday, the PS2/GameCube game Alien Hominid deservedly won three awards at the Independent Games Festival at GDC. Alien Hominid is a tribute to classic side-scrolling shooters like the type you'd see back on the NES and particularly the PC Engine. But its unique hand-drawn comic-book art style and genuinely ass-kickin' weapons and explosions give it an excellent fresh take on the shooter genre. Hard to believe it was originally a web-based flash game.
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is the first game in years to give me a sore case of joystick thumb. A must-play!
