Crowded as it is with farting massage simulators, it can be hard to find worthwhile titles on Xbox Live Indie Games. That’s why we sift through all that rough to unearth a few gems. That way, you get the skinny on quality games and we get to indulge our secret passion for fart machines. This week, we go exploring with 8bits Fanatics‘ Aban Hawkins & the 1000 Spikes.
We play games for different reasons. Generally, most of us do it for fun. Others, by some alien logic that I don’t understand but am all too comfortable with, are in it for the punishment. Aban Hawkins & the Thousand Spikes is their game.
In the words of its Japanese developer, 8bits Fanatics, Aban Hawkins is an “8-bit retro style Hardest Extremest Craziest Platform Action Puzzle Adventure.” It might not be the most eloquent of descriptions, but it’s certainly accurate.
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