Good Game Get! Victorian BMX

Introducing GGG’s newest writer Andy Fluke - a rad guy who is the Creative Director at a non-profit he founded with his wife called The National Coalition Dialogue and Deliberation.

He also has an appreciation for video games and writing about them, so he’s volunteered to contribute to Good Game Get! and I couldn’t be happier bringing someone with his great insight into gaming on board.

- Kyle

Death Does a Switch-Handed Topside One-Footer
AdultSwim Brings Us Victorian BMX

If you’ve spent any time playing AdultSwim games, you know that the quality can be hit or miss.  AdultSwim has featured some real gems, like Robot Unicorn Attack (an AdultSwim original now headlining on the iOS) and the indie fave VVVVVV.  But for every standout, you’ll also find your share of Poledance Party’s and Fantasy Telemarketer’s.  Happily, their latest featured game, Victorian BMX, falls firmly in the gem category.

Slick in design and mechanic, this 2D stunt racer has the personification of Death pulling some pimpin tricks on a race through a bleak black & white landscape collecting flaming skulls, the souls of pram-pushing nannies, and even the floating, disembodied head of Queen Victoria herself.

Created by This Is Pop, developers of several browser and iOS games (including the unsettling yet strangely realistic virtual pet sim My Little Bastard), Victorian BMX is not an easy game. But once you get the hang of it, pulling off tricks, beating the clock and tearing through the level-ending guillotine becomes eXtremely satisfying and makes the necessary multiple runs worthwhile.

Although elements of both sound and visual design become repetitive, Victorian BMX’s simple, edgy art style, polished gameplay and perfect price tag make it an indie not to be missed.

- Andy