DAY 86 / GAME 86
The Maw
One year when renewing my Xbox Live Gold membership I got a deal that included two Live Arcade titles and about 800 Microsoft points. I ended up with an HD R-Type port that included R-Type 1 and 2, as well as a Twisted Pixel game called The Maw. I remember trying The Maw when I attended my first PAX East. It was pretty cool, but it didn't stand out as a game I was going to run out and buy right away.
A little over a year ago Leia and I were looking for a game to play together on the 360. The cover caught her eye and we decided to give it a whirl. It's a simple game, fairly short and definitely the product of an indie developer. But something about it struck a chord with Leia and it was all she wanted to play.
In The Maw you control what Leia calls the 'Jelly Guy'. An dog-sized alien with one big eye and one big mouth. You control him indirectly by controlling Frank, who keeps The Maw in check with a electro-leash. Turns out Maw likes to eat. Everything. Some things he spit out, or some things aren't a good idea to eat. But the little pink fluffy bunny things make him grow bigger. And other beasts give him different attributes when ingested. Spoiler alert, eventually he gets so big he consumes the entire planet. It's pretty funny.
The Maw was a pretty good game for Leia to get into. It's a little morbid and a tad violent, but no moreso than Mario Brothers or Sonic the Hedgehog. The gameplay is simple enough that although she prefers to watch me play it, she is capable of playing on her own. Prompts for button presses are clear on screen and Leia was able to understand the relationship between what was on screen and on the controller. In fact, the first letters she learned to recognize were A, B, X and Y.
The Maw ended up being a great game. On it's own it wasn't anything particularly special. It was a cute little story and the core gameplay is pretty neat. But this is a game that will always stand out as one of my favorites simply because it's one of Leia's and the result is that we spent some good times together playing this. Even if it meant playing the same level over and over and over again because she said so.
The Maw
One year when renewing my Xbox Live Gold membership I got a deal that included two Live Arcade titles and about 800 Microsoft points. I ended up with an HD R-Type port that included R-Type 1 and 2, as well as a Twisted Pixel game called The Maw. I remember trying The Maw when I attended my first PAX East. It was pretty cool, but it didn't stand out as a game I was going to run out and buy right away.A little over a year ago Leia and I were looking for a game to play together on the 360. The cover caught her eye and we decided to give it a whirl. It's a simple game, fairly short and definitely the product of an indie developer. But something about it struck a chord with Leia and it was all she wanted to play.
In The Maw you control what Leia calls the 'Jelly Guy'. An dog-sized alien with one big eye and one big mouth. You control him indirectly by controlling Frank, who keeps The Maw in check with a electro-leash. Turns out Maw likes to eat. Everything. Some things he spit out, or some things aren't a good idea to eat. But the little pink fluffy bunny things make him grow bigger. And other beasts give him different attributes when ingested. Spoiler alert, eventually he gets so big he consumes the entire planet. It's pretty funny.The Maw ended up being a great game. On it's own it wasn't anything particularly special. It was a cute little story and the core gameplay is pretty neat. But this is a game that will always stand out as one of my favorites simply because it's one of Leia's and the result is that we spent some good times together playing this. Even if it meant playing the same level over and over and over again because she said so.
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