when you join a chart-centric site like backloggd or glitchwave, there's a lot of emphasis put on playing "the classics". most of the first games people backlog are titles with high averages or on essentials lists. and while that's all fine and dandy, i think equal emphasis should be put on playing trash. i'd say that many problems with modern game journos (including their chronic myopia) would be solved if we encouraged new writers to play failures, underdogs, and dumpster fires as part of "developing your taste" as much as like, team ico games or whatever. the life stage is the primo trashperience and it comes recommended. try it out! marvel at the low fps and... inconsistent sprite scaling and general wonkiness of the whole experience.

also, this game uses fireblu. it came out before doom. somehow.