Every Tuesday, Sony drops a bunch of new stuff onto the PlayStation Network. Those with a PlayStation 3, Vita or PSP can download these goodies, which include PSN games, movies, themes and more. While the Official PlayStation Blog outlines these updates in full each week, we thought we’d help truncate the good news into something more digestible.
There are a bunch of releases this week, including digital retail releases and fresh PSN titles.
When I was 12, I got my first guitar. At first, my parents didn’t want to pay for lessons for fear that, like my piano playing, it wouldn’t stick. So I sat in my room, headphones on, and attempted to teach myself Ramones, Green Day, and Beatles songs. The first time I managed to teach myself to play Blitzkrieg Bop, I knew I was on to something special. More than a decade later, I felt the same spark, the same love, while learning to play BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.
When I say I was “learning to play” Runner 2, I don’t mean it’s inaccessible. Whether hero Commander Video is jumping over, sliding under, kicking through, deflecting, spinning around, or diving through whatever obstacles he runs into, it’s all done with a press of a button or a flick of the stick. Just like simple guitar tunes designed to teach you open major chords or scales, early levels in Runner 2 focus on one or two skills, laying the groundwork for what’s to come.
How does Commander Video‘s transition to the third dimension fare in Runner 2? …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games
