One of Bastion‘s defining aspects is its music. A combination of digging folk guitar and trippy beats, Darren Korb’s soundtrack was one of the very best of 2011.
Even by Humble Bundle standards, the Humble Bundle V contains some fantastic games. They’re all so great, in fact, that I’d be surprised if you haven’t played pretty much all of them already.
Man, is it just me or is Bastion always on sale? I’m getting a real sense of déjà vu here — I really feel like I’ve written this story before. Regardless, Bastion is available on Steam for the low, low price of $5.99US. Also — if you’re feeling a bit wacky, you can also pick up The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind for $9.99.
You know why everyone’s up in arms about Mass Effect 3‘s ending? Because it doesn’t mean what they want it to. But whether you liked the ending, hated it or lobbied to have it changed, BioWare’s sci-fi franchise does means something because it aims to be a metaphor. And I wish more games would do that.
I (and everyone else on the planet basically) loved the music to Bastion. Now, SuperGiant is selling sheet music for four of the songs from the game.
I don’t understand gardening, but my wife loves it. We live 200 metres from a Woolworths, so I’d prefer to just go and buy some tomatoes, but different strokes for different folks, am I right? At GDC, the creators of Bastion revealed that early iterations of the game actually had, believe it or not, a gardening feature.
If you missed the New York Video Game Critics Circle Awards, here’s your chance to see a whole bunch of videos from last Thursday’s event, including a live rendition of Bastion‘s “Setting Sail, Coming Home” performed by songwriter Darren Korb and singer Ashley Barrett.
Bastion, the critically acclaimed platformer that’s claimed or been nominated for a bathtub full of awards, isn’t available on physical media. Not unless you are serving your country in Afghanistan, and your base’s internet service is terribly slow.