After two years of development, Aquaria is out. Is it better than Sketchy, my own aborted attempt at making an indie “Metroidvania”? Absolutely. Is it the best indie game to come out of the U.S.? Most likely. Is it better than Cave Story? Probably. Is it worth $30? Download the demo and decide for yourself.

At the suggestion of striderhlc, I’m compiling two lists of the top five games that are PERFECTLY SAFE to buy your children this Christmahannukwanza. I realize that Inverted Castle is no Gamespot or IGN (although I am willing to plaster the site with advertising for whatever game you want to pay me to advertise, and […]

Attention internets! There has been far too much wasted potential for silly names in the discussion of video game company mergers. I therefore propose the following:

The merger of Activision and Blizzard shall henceforth be known as “Actiblizzion”.

The merger of Square, Enix, and Taito shall henceforth be known as “Squanto”.

The merger of Bandai, Namco, and Banpresto […]