TIGSource: Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1

Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1

Derek Yu — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:52:00 +0000

A game that starts off by saying “Warning: the game you are about to play is canon” and then goes on to use the word “octoroon” twice in the first 5 minutes of play is a game that is likely to change the way you perceive games for the rest of your life…

Or, you know, it could just be another great RPG starring Charles Barkley.

This demo, which is outrageously short, is probably the most indie game I’ve ever played. Aside from using the word “octoroon,” BSUAJ:G also puts licensed NBA players in a post-apocalyptic setting, contains numerous obscure references to gaming, and is made with RPGMaker. In other words, this is a game that has so little chance of getting sold commercially that even if it was guaranteed to sell 50 billion copies and also cure AIDS a publisher would probably never touch it with a ten-foot zauber.

When is Chef Boyardee going to finish this damn game so I can learn some mothafuckin’ Verboten Jams?!

Conclusion: in terms of cleverness and entertainment value, this paltry demo chaos dunks Super Columbine Massacre RPG so hard it’s not even funny.

"Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1" by J.B.

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:38:10 +0000

I tried to play, but it said I didn’t have the RPG Maker runtime.

So I tried to download and install that, but the setup dialog went all weird and started displaying Unicode characters that weren’t supported on my machine, for everything, so it was totally unreadable. But still I managed to click through and install.

At which point this game still complained that I didn’t have the RPG Maker runtime.

After all this I see the “NO RTP VERSION” linked via the small link in the forum posting. Like I was supposed to know what that meant before doing all this.

Aaaaaargh.

"Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1" by caffeinekid

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:51:05 +0000

Genius… just genius.

"Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1" by cb

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:58:13 +0000

Game of the YEAR.