Excellent column...but a little odd that it doesn’t mention the key affordance of Breakout Sudnow dwells on, and the thing whose absence makes super hexagon a game i admire more than play: the humbly one-dimensional yet unemulatably precise paddle controller.
Sigh, you're making me regret cutting out that bit. He has such a good point about the difference in physicality between playing the piano and video games...
I just want to say, Wipeout. So good. Also the creator, Terry Cavanaugh (sic) did VVVVV and Dicey Dungeon? Amazing
Excellent column...but a little odd that it doesn’t mention the key affordance of Breakout Sudnow dwells on, and the thing whose absence makes super hexagon a game i admire more than play: the humbly one-dimensional yet unemulatably precise paddle controller.
Sigh, you're making me regret cutting out that bit. He has such a good point about the difference in physicality between playing the piano and video games...