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At its heart, Shovel Knight is a platformer that echoes the NES classics of Mega Man, Duck Tales, Zelda 2, and Super Mario Bros. 3, then takes everything that works well within those games and throws away the tedium that can become infuriating.

Indie Showcase is an attempt to bring some of the best, yet often forgotten indie titles to the foreground and reminisce over yesteryears offerings from the indie scene.

Artsy-smartsy games like Bioshock and Spec Ops: The Line have ruined video games. Nowadays players can't just sit back and enjoy a game. Now they're expected to look for symbolism and all that other tweedy intellectual stuff. LocoCycle is a game about a talking motorcycle that blows stuff up - or it might be an insightful deconstruction of the linear nature of video game narratives. The fine line between stupid and clever gets finer and finerer every year.

Recently, UK based indie developer Kitatus Studios, launched a Kickstarter campaign for Distro Horizons VS Galaximo’s Army.A 3D Collectathon game inspired by classic titles such as Banjo Kazooie, Super Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot and Conker’s Bad Fur Day.