A Tribute to the Rolling Boulder
By: Derek Yu
On: August 14th, 2007
I love games that put you in control of unlikely protagonists. Games are so perfect for that. Take Death Worm, for instance. In no other medium could you so effectively capture what it’s like to be a giant sand worm!
Petri Purho, best known for his great, “under a week” experimental games like Crayon Physics, has made a game that puts you in the shoes (er, dirt?) of a giant rolling boulder trap, ala Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. In the game you are charged with defending two golden idols from the hoards of filthy archaeologists trying to defile them.
But they’ll run from you. Oh, how they’ll run. These are some of the fastest fucking archaeologists I’ve ever seen. Screw gold idols… these guys could be winning gold medals. (Zing!)
Fortunately, you can do one thing that the original rolling boulder couldn’t – namely, jump. This will let you get to the upper parts of the temple, which is still not an easy task, due to how small and unwieldy the platforms are at the higher levels. In fact, getting to the platform in the upper right corner can be downright infuriating!
But man, is it fun to slam a group of brownhats and send them flying and screaming. Ragdoll physics for the win! This is a highly inventive and entertaining game.
And, of course, here’s the obligatory video of someone completely and utterly destroying the game.
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Skaldicpoet9
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fish
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Skaldicpoet9
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Peni
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King-N
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Shih Tzu
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crackers
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Peni
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moi
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crackers
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King-N
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http://www.the2bears.com the2bears
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Chris L
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Ryan
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Petri Purho
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fish
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Shih Tzu
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Derek
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Petri Purho
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mack
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