Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Posts Tagged ‘attack of the 50ft robot!’

Go Robocrazy: Attack Of The 50ft Robot!

By Kieron Gillen on November 3rd, 2009.

If RPS was a screenshot, it'd look a lot like this.

The_B flagged up this IGF entry immediately, and you can see why. Attack of the 50ft Robot! from Digipen is the sort of thing which just begs for posting. It’s a retro-50s B-movie Rampage-esque homage with lots of physics malarkies. Its most obviously striking element is the Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow-esque black-and-white footage, shot through with the vivid-laser reds. The secondary striking element is the ability to throw your own head as a striking element. A little twitchy – it crashed a couple of times when I played it – but it’s splendidly silly stuff. You can download from here (EDIT: NEW LINK WITH NEW BUILD) and see footage below…
Read the rest of this entry »

, , , , .

41 Comments »

Search

Read our finest words

Respond to our gibber

  • Consumatopia : “It's actually kind of a problem with Gaiman's original article that it blurs the distinction between calling for something eventually and immediately.” on The Sunday Papers
  • Hematite : “@KG: tldr version: NG definitely argued that there's no obligation to work on fans' timeframes. I argue that there's an obligation of politeness for the ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Drinking with Skeletons : “@JackShandy: Maybe it is, but can you honestly say that Viva Pinata was an experience that has genuine replay value? You can redesign your garden, ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • yutt : “@Archonsod I'm not sure which side of this argument you're on with that comment. You're equating Valve with the unethical marketing practices of cigarette companies? ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Kadayi : “@sinister agent Despite your protestations to the contrary I doubt it would take any more time or effort than it took them to fly in ...” on The Sunday Papers

Play indie, mods, demos

Browse the archive