140 | Review

Developer: Jeppe Carlsen

Publisher: Jeppe Carlsen & Double Fine Productions (Console Versions)

Reviewed on: PC

Available on: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One & Wii U

Released: October 16^th 2013

140 is a minimalist 2D platformer created by Jeppe Carlsen who is most well known for being the lead gameplay and level designer of INSIDE (which you can click HERE to read my review of) and LIMBO which are two of my favourite games of all time. But whereas INSIDE and LIMBO both have dark themes and visual styles and focus on telling a story through symbolism and metaphors, 140 is about as simple as you could make a platformer.

140 is almost the anti-LIMBO and INSIDE, it couldn't be more colourful, it has an upbeat electronic soundtrack and it has very little in the way of story. But what it shares with the aforementioned games is how fantastically the levels are designed. At it's core 140 is about as simple as a 2D platformer can get, you move with the left analogue stick and jump with the A button (I'm playing with an Xbox 360 controller) and that's it. You would think this would mean the game is too simple right? Well no, 140 is quite a challenge to complete and despite its simple graphical style, it's more complicated than it first appears to be.

Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow Version | Review

Developer: Game Freak

Publisher: Nintendo

Reviewed on: 3DS (Virtual Console)

Available on: Game Boy & 3DS (Virtual Console)

Released: September 28th 1998

For the first time since the late 1990s Pokemon is once again gaining huge amounts of media attention, everyone is talking about it and everyone seems to not be able to get enough of it. This is mostly due to the hugely popular Pokemon Go app being released on mobile devices, you can't go anywhere without seeing someone playing Pokemon Go and I think this is great because it's a franchise that I really like and it's good to see both old fans and new fans alike talking about it.

But in this Pokemon resurgence let's not forget where the series started, let's rewind to the first Pokemon boom and revisit the original Pokemon games which were released on the original Game Boy in 1998. The original trio of Pokemon games have recently been released on the Nintendo 3DS making them more relevant and easy to get a hold of than ever before (the specific version I played for this review is Pokemon Blue Version).