I have to say, the sheer number of pixel art assets in this game, the quality of them, the support for rotations and pinning... they did such a great job with it. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of work that must have gone into this. Amazing attention to detail. Some of the best pixel art I have ever seen.

This game really is Exhibit A that having a good premise makes all the difference for an indie title. The core conceit here is novel and relatable, creating all kinds of interesting possibilities for emergent narratives. I was struck by how the journey through adulthood, as told through living spaces, created a natural narrative and level progression. The whole idea feels very pure, very Miyamoto-esque, in how it translates the mundane experiences of everyday life into gameplay.

My only problem with Unpacking is that the gameplay loop doesn't evolve from level to level. It scales linearly, giving you more rooms and more packages to open, but never really mixes things up or introduces any challenge besides handling a few misplaced items. Despite taking only three hours and change for me to complete, it still managed to get extremely tedious towards the end.

On the whole, though, a very enjoyable and different experience. Good for zoning out to while listening to a podcast. Three and a half stars.

When you're four years old, you're the biggest dumbass on the planet. You're a big stupid poo poo head. Any other idiot could walk up and pretend to pull a quarter out of your ear, and you'll be amazed and stop cleaning your ears out of fear of losing anymore quarters coming out of them.

When we came home with Sonic & Knuckles, I was astonished at this supposed new abra kapocus-hocus kadabra bullshit that has warped time and space to allow Knuckles to appear in Sonic 2. Woah, what are you doing Knucklehead, this is Sonic's game!! Not no more! The dumbass wheels in my dumbass kid brain started turning, then they started hitting the thick mud that made up the majority of my head and began digging up dumbass ideas that only a child with no concept of how things work would think of. I could make Knuckles appear in Sonic 2, clearly that means I could make Sonic characters appear in other games too! Alright Sonic, we're playing some goddamned football! Then what do you know, I get greeted with "NO WAY!" on the TV screen and become dumbfounded and insulted.

What do you mean you don't wanna play Joe Montana Football?!? What are you? An idiot?! I thought you were cool Sonic! I'm tired of my best friend stabbing me in the back. You think I'm playing? Sonic, I'm not playing. I'm gonna rip your head off. You're supposed to be my friend!

Flying Battery Zone solos the entire Mario franchise.