oprainfall writes: “Of course, Octodad is a free download for the PC, so it’s not like you’re making a real investment if you just want to try it out. While it’s certainly lacking in a few areas and is hardly a shining star of game development, it’s probably still worth a download… just to get your sea legs, and laugh at yourself a little bit. (And then you might as well finish it–it’s only an hour or two.)”
COG writes - You want to talk about bizarre games? We've got you covered with part two of our look at some of the strangest things you'll ever see in gaming.
Continue Play's Taylor Hidalgo examines the strange ability we have to ignore the complete absurdty in front of us to the point where some gamers refuse to see Octodad as anything other than another example of a bumbling everyman worth rooting for, rather than the weird attempt of cephalopod attempting to masquerade as a human being.
Developer Rami Ismail talked about the need to share the reality of game development in a recent post, and there's nothing more eye-opening than a developer sharing both what it cost to make a game, and what they made from those efforts.
