By Nathan Grayson on July 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 am.
Well, OK, technically you’re an “Earth-like planet” called Terra – a name which, since the dawn of time, has translated to “Earth, but we don’t want to call it that for some reason.” Totally-Not-Earth’s sun has decided to pack its proverbial bags (read: fire, because that is the only thing the sun owns) and relocate to another galaxy, so our largely inhabitable landmass goes along for the ride. And thus begins a wacky road comedy with appearances by the likes of Zack Galifinakis and Mercury.
OK, actually no, Necro Gaia‘s an impressively challenging arcade-y experience where the only thing you can directly control is the speed of your orbit. All the while, meteors, stars, and the like attempt to pummel your puny planet, but you can stave them off by briefly summoning other planets – one of which has a lighting shield, another fireballs, another ice blasts, etc. And then you eventually fight a giant space snake. It’s tough but fun, and you can download it for free here. Thanks, Indie Game Magazine.
03/07/2012 at 10:22 Eclipse says:
Terra is actually the latin word for Earth, and, for example, we still call this planet Terra in Italian.
It’s a way cooler name than Earth btw.
03/07/2012 at 10:29 Zanchito says:
In spanish, it’s Tierra.
03/07/2012 at 19:49 Synesthesia says:
Yes! I also like how we call the sun by its actual name, Sol.
03/07/2012 at 10:31 Nathan Grayson says:
Hm, I didn’t know languages beyond Latin still used it in an official capacity. Neat! In less pleasing news, the many semesters of Japanese (as opposed to any other language) I took in college continue to be largely inapplicable to anything I do.
03/07/2012 at 10:40 MistyMike says:
You could be the RPS correspondent on Japanese tentacle-games!
03/07/2012 at 10:46 Drayk says:
You should have taken French classes. Girls like French. Italian is a close second.
03/07/2012 at 16:47 Universal Quitter says:
Welcome to the future. You no longer need a gimmick to talk to girls, not that I learned to play guitar in High School for that reason or anything. Oh look, behind you!
04/07/2012 at 12:15 Drayk says:
A three-headed monkey ?
03/07/2012 at 11:23 Baka says:
Hey, at least you can understand some lines of your favorite googly-eyed anime!
03/07/2012 at 10:46 Mr. Mister says:
It’s also called “Terra” in Catalan (different pronunciation though).
03/07/2012 at 11:11 Gap Gen says:
La Terre en francais, qui est proche.
03/07/2012 at 11:27 Mollusc Infestation says:
All this inspirational multiculturalism is angrying up my blood.
03/07/2012 at 11:32 enricllagostera says:
Em português também: Terra .
03/07/2012 at 11:34 Ultra Superior says:
Earth? More like Bleurh! Terra is such a great name. Holy Terra even better. The game reminds me of buka.
03/07/2012 at 14:58 SRSavior says:
lol. The only comment that made me physically laugh! :) More like dirth… a dirth of stupidity!!
03/07/2012 at 13:09 jrodman says:
Suomen kielessä kutsumme sitä maapallon.
04/07/2012 at 09:48 Rawrian says:
Are you saying “You won’t guess which word in this sentence means Earth”?
03/07/2012 at 13:19 roryok says:
In Irish: An Domhan
03/07/2012 at 16:45 Universal Quitter says:
I always liked Earf best, as in ‘welcome to’.
03/07/2012 at 12:38 Ergates_Antius says:
What about its hat?
03/07/2012 at 13:14 absolofdoom says:
It burned its hat and misses it dearly.
03/07/2012 at 12:45 Fox89 says:
Gaia is also ‘Earth’, this time from the ancient Greeks! :)
03/07/2012 at 13:22 roryok says:
and yet my first thought when I read Gaia is Whoopi Goldberg
03/07/2012 at 13:06 The Random One says:
I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.
Interesting game. Will check out.
03/07/2012 at 13:11 DodgyG33za says:
Call me picky, but if I was the sun, I think I might just consider the 8 (or 9) planets and other planet like objects mine. After all, it is MY solar system. The clue is in the name.
You may call it Earth, or Gaia, or Terra. I call it a naughty little planet.
03/07/2012 at 19:44 Phantoon says:
The SOLar system?
Man, now I’ll always see that terrible pun. What have you done?
03/07/2012 at 20:02 Scrawnto says:
What? That’s not a pun. That’s where the term solar system came from. ‘Solar’, meaning ‘associated with the sun’, describes the system of planets. It is the system associated with the sun.
03/07/2012 at 14:19 phlebas says:
Like an arcadier Solar(2)?
03/07/2012 at 15:18 iLag says:
good to see Lazy Brain Games getting some coverage. Johnny B makes good NES-style games, and all of them are free. worth playing!
03/07/2012 at 20:21 johnny b says:
Hi I’m Johnny B with Lazy Brain Games, maker of Necro Gaia :) It’s great to see Necro Gaia on Rock Paper Shotgun, this is awesome! There are plenty of other NES styled games on the Lazy Brain site, stop on by and check ‘em out if you get a chance :D http://lazybraingames.com/
Thanks for playing!
-Johnny B.