Everyday Shooter Hits PSN On Thursday

The title Everyday Shooter isn't just special because it's a pretty good game, blending Geometry Wars-like gameplay with great music. It's also the winner of numerous accolades from last year's Independent Games Festival, and as of this week it will be headlining on the PlayStation Store. "The $10 game may be coming into a market clogged with dual-analog shooters, but I don't think it will have a hard time fitting in. 'Some days I would spend all day tweaking a level, sleep for a few hours, and then go back and tweak some more,' Mak told me at E3. 'The challenges I faced in this game were creative, not technical.' The sense that someone slaved over this across many, many sleepless nights comes through pretty clearly. This is one to watch, and keep the name Jonathan Mak in your head. I doubt this will be the last thing we see from him." For more on the background of this unique title Gamasutra interviewed Mak, the game's sole creator, prior to the IGF last year.

Gate 88

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While not everyone has the PS3 needed to play Everyday Shooter, Mr. Mak's last game, Gate 88 can be downloaded for a few different OSs. http://www.queasygames.com/gate88/ [queasygames.com]

Re:Congratulations to Sony...

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It does feel silly, but I have not purchased a single disc title for my PS3. Yet I've had as many hours enjoyment with it as I have my Wii, so I have no regrets...

Admittedly, I'd likely not have purchased the system (yet, anyway) if I didn't have an HDTV, if it didn't play BluRay movies, if there weren't any announced exclusives that I wanted, and if it didn't upscale PS2 content. However I think that Nintendo is really missing the boat. Platform specific content can be downloadable. There's no reason to make us schlep to the store and pay over $30 for what are pretty basic games. Now if only Sony can stop shooting themselves in the foot for long enough that people actually get a chance to notice the system's positives...

If you want to play this game

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Any people from Melbourne, Australia who want to try this game out can go to the ACMI Cetre (free Video Game Art Gallery) at Federation Square where Everyday Shooter is currently on display for anyone to play (along with many other indy titles [Go Aquaria Woo!]. Its very good, a cross between Rez and Smash TV but instead of Techno its Acoustic Guitars.