Up Next: a boy and his blob

 

This past Christmas, I asked my wife for a ton of games expecting only to get one or two. She wasn't sure which one I really wanted so she just got me all of them, which was so freaking exciting. Anyway, this was one of the games I asked for and I was very excited about it. Amid the releases of Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Uncharted 2, a boy and his blob came out way under the radar. This is totally my type of game though.

Really unique art style with puzzle heavy gameplay - its totally up my alley. And I usually don't mention the graphics in my assessment of a game, but they are so charming, and so intwined with the overall experience that it's hard not to mention them. I mean look at this:

 

It's just so sharp, and there is a clear bond between the boy and the blob. I get the same feeling watching them interact as I did when watching Wander and Agro interact in Shadow of the Colossus. I mean especially when you consider that the original art for this game looked like this:

 

No.

OK. So this one is definitely within my reach. It's not too hard, the memory is built into the Wii, no risk of save file erasing, I should be good.

Why I Never Finished It:
Two reasons:
1) I got all those other high profile games for Christmas that took up most of my time
2) As good as the game is, it's very easy to put down. After every level, you're brought back to the hub world of the boy's tree house, so you have a lot of "good stopping points" as my parents used to call them when they were trying to get me to stop playing Zelda and eat dinner.

a boy and his blob for Wii - let's do it.