When you really think about it, the fact that the most famous video game star is a fat plumber who eats mushrooms and kicks turtles in the face is a bit weird. It sounds unique, yes, but it doesn't exactly sound like fun. Unless you're into that sort of thing. It just goes to show that some of the best ideas developers have ever come up with are the ones you would never have considered. Some of the best games sound exactly as fun as they are, like Metal Gear and its tactical espionage pitch or Skyrim and its swords and magic shtick, but others just sound like nonsense. Nonsense, that is, until you actually play it and realise that fun can be found in even the most unlikely places. Thanks to the huge range of creative licence and freedom in the gaming market, there have been some absolutely terrible sounding products in our time that miraculously turned out to be awesome experiences. And so, this is a series of titles which don't seem to have any place being called fun, yet still manage to blow your socks off, even though it feels dirty and completely wrong. Just like kicking turtles.
A young man with a hairy face. Will often tell you that winter is coming before retreating to his mancave to play video games with a wooly jumper at the ready, just in case.
