![]() I don’t know how they do it, but Team Meat (who went on to make The Binding of Isaac) is able to control the narrative in a way that keeps this from becoming something awful and morbid. ![]() Meat Boy obviously leaves a sanguine trail everywhere he goes, and the game’s design and atmosphere speak of something dark and sinister, but there’s somehow a lighthearted spin that keeps everything afloat. In fact, you realize there’s this tenuous balance that’s been struck to keep the game surprisingly light hearted in spite of everything you see. The whole thing smacks of the bizarre and frankly ugly humor that made up a lot the quality flash content back in the day (this was a few years after Salad Fingers, thank God), but it’s certainly not over the top or raunchy in any way, shape or form. Fetus, which is literally a fetus inside of a robotic suit that he’s designed. Only this time, the boy is a giant cube of bloody meat. If you’ve never entertained the story of Super Meat Boy, it’s the classic tale of boy tries to save girl from an evil doctor. You know you’re in for a nostalgia trip the moment a Newgrounds logo is splashed across the opening credits, but don’t let that be a hallmark for quality or substance for what happens next. So, after existing for almost eight years, on more systems than I care to list, I finally, finally dug into Super Meat Boy. But the nice part about my love affair with the Nintendo Switch is that it presents games to me in the way that’s most likely to get me to play them: fully installed with no worries about if my rig can run it or not. But, thanks to Steam, there’s an ever growing number of titles that I have barely even launched, much less played to completion, and Humble Bundle is mostly at fault here. Yes, there are games that have been added to my library three times over (thanks, non porting Virtual Console) but I have, at least, completed every time I re-purchased them. Ok, who’s bought a game multiple times and hasn’t even beaten it? Huh, ok, good times, glad to see I’m not alone. Quick show of hands, who’s bought a game on multiple platforms? Alright, fair number of people in that boat.
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