Faux video game legend Matt Hazard returns (this time, for real) in Blood Bath & Beyond, blasting his way onto XBLA and PSN this Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. The 2D side-scroller has the protagonist battling through his “classic” gaming past, fighting “pirates to penguins; lighthouses to laser-wielding astronauts; Mounties to mechanical rhinos” for (1200
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The idea behind Matt Hazard sounds so perfect on paper: take thirty years of video game cliches and mock them. Sadly, as evidenced by Matt Hazard’s first outing, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, instead of creating humor from the conventions, it ironically relied on them for the core gameplay — thus, creating a game that invariably could mock itself and was its own punchline. Hopefully, this time around Hazard will make the jokes instead of being one.
Gallery: Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond
Source — This week on Arcade: Matt Hazard [Major Nelson]
Source — Parody Alert!!! Matt Hazard [PS Blog]
This Wednesday: Matt Hazard brings ‘Blood Bath & Beyond’ to XBLA, PSN on Thursday originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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