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  • The Indie Hour!

    Today marks the grand beginning of an ongoing new feature for HippoChippies: The Indie Hour! I have an incredibly large backlog of independent free games I’ve picked up through hours of scouring the web. I want to find the best indie games that you can play for free and give them the attention they deserve. I have tons of these games hiding in folders on my desktop, and I’ve barely touched any of them.

    The goal of this new segment is to set aside one hour and get some impressions on as many of them as I can. I feel like it’s better t play some of these games for five minutes, rather than let them sit on my computer and never touch any of them at all. Wish me luck, and hopefully I’ll find a few surprises deep down in here. And honestly I’m just curious to figure out what an “Empyreal Nocturne” could possibly be.

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  • iPlay’d – Super Hexagon

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    The music thumps rapidly; the pace picks up. The rainbow of colors is swirling; purple, yellow, green, blue. You’ve been playing for about 45 seconds but it feels like 5 minutes. You’re approaching your previous high score -GAME OVER. The wall smashes into you for the 50th time …but you don’t care. You’re already back in for another round. Welcome to Super Hexagon.

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  • Indie Freebies: Which

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    The more I look into the world of independent game development, the more I just want to be lost in it like the Great Sea. Once you start looking up cool indie games, you just can’t quit with one. It’s incredible how many fantastic games are out there (for free!) that so many people have no idea exist. It just takes a little bit of searching, and once you get one you can’t just stop there. These developers make games that just aren’t seen enough. They range anywhere from large scale projects, to small 5 or 10 minute short experiences, or even tiny diversions that only take a couple minutes to finish. Not all of these games are masterpieces, but they’re worth the minimal amount of effort it takes to seek them out. In the new Indie Freebies segment, I’ll show off the best indie games you can get for the low, low price of free.

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  • Guest Post! What’s everyone playing?

    Today, HippoChippies is getting something I’ve been wanting to have for a long time, guests! I asked some of the coolest people I know for their opinions on the games they’re playing right now. Sometimes it can be good to dig around in someone else’s brain for a little while, so here are some thoughts on the games everyone has been into during the first half of 2012. (more…)

  • Downloadable Delights: Mutant Mudds

    I’m the first one to say how big a fan of the 3DS I am, and with the consistent quality of recent eShop titles, I keep getting even more excited for the system’s future. Mutant Mudds is another first-rate addition to the 3DS library. I’ve stressed enough in the past about my love of platformers, and the developer, Renegade Kid, knows how to get everything right that I love about the genre.

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  • Downloadable Delights: VVVVVV

    I realize a lot of games get overlooked; not everyone has all the time in the world to find out what games are coming out. Some of my favorite games over the years are the ones that my friends had no intention of playing, or ones that they never knew knew existed. Many of them are downloadable, on services like Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, or more recently the 3DS eShop. These games tend to fly under the radar more than their retail counterparts due to the large number of them being released every week.

    Today I’m going to highlight one of my favorites: VVVVVV (more…)