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Nindies Showcase Spring 2019 Through the Eyes of a Poet

March 20, 2019

Consumer Culture

New Nindies showcase
I watch and share opinions
Through bad poetry

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Cuphead

There once was a man who was still
So the milk that he poured wouldn’t spill
Wait, this is for Cuphead?
I’m not dreaming or dead?
On Switch late next month? This is ill!

Overland

Adam Saltsman is the guy who gave us Canabalt
A running game in which you simply tap to jump about
Now he’s making Overland with procedural generation
Presenting uneasy moral choices for your consideration

My Friend Pedro

There was a banana named Pedro
Yes, the banana had a name
And a smiley face
And he told a parkour dancing man to violently murder scores of people
My Friend Pedro looks weird
Video games are weird

Quality: Auto - 360p

Breath-taking graphics
The stream’s resolution drops
Good luck, Stadia

neo cab

A taxi-driver human
Is what I want to be
But the omnipresent mega-corp’s
Chasing my friend Savy

The Red Lantern

Ick!
Don’t!
Incisor
Teeth
Are
Ripping
Open
Doggies!

Night In the Woods

A depressed cat looks for direction
Hanging out in her hometown
In a more interesting game

They’re actually showing Darkwood
A shadowy survival/crafting game
Yawn

Katana Zero

Shiiing!
Ting! Ting!
*Clash, clash, swipe!*
Ugh! Argh!
Fwoosh!
Shing, shing, shing!

RAD

Rad
Overhead brawler
1980s Synth Apocalypse
A Double Fine Production
Mutation, mutation, mutation
Smack monsters
Rad

Creature In the Well

Pinball Quest
Odama
Yoku’s Island Express
and now
Creature In the Well

Yes, please

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Bloodroots

Kill
Kill, Kill
Kill, Kill, Kill
Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill

Looks cute!

Pine

Explore, hunt, survive
Anthropomorphic creatures
Craft and sell and fight

An Assortment of Pixelated Shooters

All action, no talks
In Super Crate Box

Shoot co-op or alone
In Nuclear Throne

More bullets than hugs
In Vlambeer’s Ultra Bugs

Swimsanity!

Water, water everywhere
With four controllers synced
Play co-op or free-for-all
Survive the briny drink

Blaster Master Zero II

Oh, neat, they made another one of those

Sorry, were you looking for a little more ambition from these poems? Blaster Master Zero didn’t have ambition, and it was pretty good. The sequel couldn’t even be bothered with a more thoughtful name than Zero II, and you know what? I bet the game’s perfectly fine.

Stranger Things 3: The Game

“Hey…Stranger things have happened.”

Seriously, this line made it into the Nindies presentation.

I’m over here writing limericks while games get called “Zero II” and someone decides — three years into Stranger Things — “stranger things have happened” is good enough.

eShop Sale Begins Today

For sale
Indie Games
Never played

Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Feat. The Legend of Zelda

Hey!
I know those trees!

A Final Word From the Chat

I WANT ANIMAL CROSSING!!!!!!!!!!! >_<

Jake Spencer rhymes with Spake Jencer. You can listen to him talk about the joy of sadness on Of Horse: A BoJack Horseman Fan Cast. He wishes he knew the way out of Twitter. His hobbies include writing about men from Nantucket and selling Thneeds.