Hookshot Podcast #9: LAUGH
The Hookshot Podcast finally returns, bearing the gift of humour.
Well, bearing the gift of a discussion about videogame humour anyway.
Hookshot Podcast #8: PREDICT
In this week's episode the Hookshot Inc. team lays down its predictions for 2013.
Handsome Keith Stuart guides the team through some of his ideas of what to expect, and the rest of the team pull them apart.
Can we expect indie horror to enjoy an upsurge this year? Will Kickstarter be found out? And if so, how on earth will Keith get 'Maths Bugger 2' funded?
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Hookshot Podcast #7: REFLECT
It's the end of 2012, the year of Hookshot Inc.'s birth and what better time to subject oneselves to the WarioWare imperative: REFLECT!
In this the seventh episode, Will, Keith, Christian and Simon discuss eight of their favourite downloadable games of the year, unpicking the likes of Fez, New Star Soccer, Letterpress, The Walking Dead amongst others.
Hookshot Inc. Podcast #6: PRESS
This week the Hookshot Inc. team sits down to discuss 'Press'.
We ask what may have been gained or lost in video gaming's move away from physical buttons in recent times with the advent of virtual joysticks and motion controls.
Skrillex Quest drops glitch Zelda in your browser
American dubstep artist Skrillex has put his name and music to a webgame produced by New York indie developer Jason Oda.
Hookshot Inc. takes a look.
Hookshot Podcast #5: DIE
This week the Hookshot Inc. team turns up to the studio in black clothes and with ashen faces to discuss that most morbid of subjects: death (in video games).
Settle down with a stiff drink and a reflective soul as we stare the end full in the face and come away invigorated.
Clockwork Racers – multiscreen Micro Machines action
Oh man, I've been meaning to write about Clockwork racers ever since I saw it at the ExPlay Conference in Bath. It's a really beautiful top-down racer, in the style of Codemasters classic Micro Machines - except you're driving teeny-weeny clockwork robots rather than teeny weeny toy cars.
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Bringing LA closer to home with LA Game Space
Hoookshot Inc. has a soft spot for Los Angeles.
But that's not the only reason we're throwing our support behind the LA Game Space, an initiative that could benefit players around the world and not just in Hollywood.
Tentacles: Gaaaah. But also: Mmmmmm!
Have we talked about Tentacles yet? I hope not, because I'm about to talk about Tentacles, and I'd hate to be even more boring than usual.
How indie devs should talk to the press – by the press!
Last week I did a talk at the Launch Conference in Birmingham about how developers should deal with the gaming press. As part of my 'preparations' I asked a bunch of my peers what they thought. Here's what they told me...
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Wall Street Titan: Robot Death from Above
Wall Street Titan is a game that takes revenge on the greedy capitalist pigs who destroyed the global economy by doing their sums wrong and something to do with sub-prime mortages.
(Ask Donlan – he explained it all to me once.)
Groove Coaster Zero – trance action on iOS
The original Groove Coaster is one of Hookshot Inc.'s Must Play titles for iOS, a simple but expressive music game in which you tap your finger in time with the soundtrack and on-screen indicators.
We take a look at the new free-to-play sequel.
