{"id":347,"date":"2010-01-11T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T22:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2010-01-11T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T22:08:10","slug":"try-out-vvvvvv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/11\/try-out-vvvvvv\/","title":{"rendered":"Try out VVVVVV!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/20100111_vvvvvv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/20100111_vvvvvv.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20100111_vvvvvv\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-348\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/20100111_vvvvvv.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/20100111_vvvvvv-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(That&#8217;s pronounced like six V&#8217;s in a row like V-V-V-V-V-V)<\/p>\n<p>VVVVVV is the newest game by one Mr. Terry Cavanagh and is <strong>super awesome<\/strong>. Don&#8217;t trust me (and I don&#8217;t blame you) then look at these reviews.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edge-online.com\/features\/review-vvvvvv\">Edge gives VVVVVV a 8\/10 concluding &#8220;Brutal and rather short, VVVVVV\u2019s also devious and darkly funny. It\u2019s a pedantic classic, and a game for watch-makers as much as speed-runners.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytejacker.com\/blog\/review-vvvvvv-terry-cavanagh\">Bytejacker says &#8220;VVVVVV is retro not just in style but in focus:  it\u2019s clearly a game first and an artistic adventure second, with the player being bombarded virtually nonstop by hardcore platforming gameplay from the moment it begins to the moment it concludes.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegames.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/review_vvvvvv_terry_cavanagh.html\">Indie Games agrees and adds that &#8220;VVVVVV is not simply immense fun &#8211; it&#8217;s exciting, challenging, and downright glorious with a stunning soundtrack that will flip you on your head.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/review-vvvvvv-160087.phtml\">Anthony Burch at Destructoid weighs in musing that &#8220;VVVVVV understands exactly how hard it is. The game takes every precaution to simultaneously maintain that difficulty and allow the player to celebrate in triumphing over it&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So yeah, you should definitely <a href=\"http:\/\/thelettervsixtim.es\/\">buy VVVVVV<\/a> for just 15 bucks. Or if you&#8217;re still unsure after those gushing words then you&#8217;re free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/TerryCavanagh\/vvvvvv-demo\">play the demo<\/a> at Kongregate now.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow with my own review of VVVVVV!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(That&#8217;s pronounced like six V&#8217;s in a row like V-V-V-V-V-V) VVVVVV is the newest game by one Mr. Terry Cavanagh and is super awesome. Don&#8217;t trust me (and I don&#8217;t blame you) then look at these reviews. Edge gives VVVVVV a 8\/10 concluding &#8220;Brutal and rather short, VVVVVV\u2019s also devious and darkly funny. It\u2019s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[63,68,245,244],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-awesome-games","tag-indie-games","tag-lazy-posts","tag-vvvvvv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamedrinkcode.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}