“The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war. Especially when you are blasting aliens to death on Mars.”

Retro/Grade isn’t your average shooter. Sure, it looks a little like it, but there’s a key element to this game that makes it stand out: you play the entire game in reverse. This means that in order to match the actions the pilot made to get to the end, you must use the rhythm to [...]

This week TIGSource announced the results of their latest TIGER Assault, the Procedural Generation Competition, so I’m taking a look at the top three! The theme was obviously “Procedural Generation,” which devs were instructed to define as they liked, but with the implication of “’random’ content (like graphics or levels).” Third place goes to…

Straying a bit from traditional shooters, in this colorful game you command a series of flying sorcerers destined to take down evil ships, demons, rival sorcerers, and immovable objects. I stress immovable because unlucky first-timers will perish attempting to destroy them. Trust me, you won’t find much in the world of shooters more demeaning than [...]