PixelVixen707

Let me preface this with a salute: to all the veterans or people with family who have served, you have our respect and love. I hope someone else raked the leaves for you today.

A wave of chagrin has hit the games press, all over a silly, harmless little thing: war. Yes, some people have started to feel bad about war, and the glorification of gunfire and bloodshed. Owen Good, normally Kotaku’s Associate Editor of Boobies, took a stand against the trailer for Call of Duty: World at War (which dropped today, on Veteran’s Day, natch). He feels that the amped-up hard rock soundtrack doesn’t do justice to a war that caused the death and displacement of millions. And of course, Far Cry 2 is a war game that makes you hate war (or at least, hate Far Cry 2): it’s set in a Somalia-like anarchy where warlords murder the populace - and the player’s as damned as the rest of them.

When did war become such a bummer?

The boys at Introversion sound upset. They released this nice indie title named Multiwinia, and nobody’s playing it. This after the awards and hype for Darwinia and DEFCON: how dare the industry blow them off? How much cred must they stack before everything they produce gets instant fawning love?

Introversion screwed up bad. I know it’s vital to be indie-friendly nowadays, to give as much love to the little guys as the AAA-titles and publically traded publishers. But this was October, and we’ve had just a few 20-40 hour masterpieces to contend with. I’ve seen just a third of the multi-layered apocalyptia of Fallout 3. And you’ve got … stick figures?

Now that I’ve gotten that rant out of the way, I have something vitally important to tell you all: Multiwinia is a hoot! Play it now!