Minimalist, beautiful, vicious. We loved Star Guard when Alec first played it, and it remains lovable now. It's picked up a nomination for Excellence in Design, and - of all the shortlisted game - is the standard bearer of arcade-brutality mixed with modern-accessibility. We sit down to talk with Loren Schmidt about all things Star Guard...
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Our inbox runneth over with much-appreciated links to this free, indie BBC Micro-esque platformer. A game of minimal controls and beyond minimal graphics, it pulls off the remarkable feat of evoking a grim invasion - you as one of a Spaceman army invading a Wizard's fortress, occasionally encountering doomed comrades, but always pushing on, against the endless tide of bright red monsters. Ah, even names…