Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
Please note that this review is for bearded folk only; those of you that do not have said beard must spend an eternity ever wondering what it is like to be so blessed by such awesome chops. Fist of Awesome is a manly-man's game; it makes those Old Spice commercials seem like a group of frail little school-girls huddled up around the newest fashion doll (now with 8 opposable joints!). In the world of video games, Fist of Awesome is Chuck Norris; that fist hidden in Chuck's beard? It is a Fist of Awesome. If you do so happen to have a beard, please, pick up the nearest fallen tree to use as a tooth pick and come right on into this wonderful land of bear-punching goodness.
Hardcore Gamer: The new Humble Weekly Bundle has dropped and if you’re thirsting for some classic beat-em-up action, you really should check it out.
Greg Micek writes: "We've got 30 minutes of Nathaniel’s beard playing First of Awesome; a side scrolling alternate history beat-em-up that was funded on Kickstarter in 2012. It’s been receiving some mixed reviews since being released on Steam earlier this month, so instead of reading a bunch of fancy words, why not watch someone else play it and decide for yourself?"
Chaz at Twinfinite writes,
If you’ve been following anything I write about here, then by now you know I’ve got a somewhat sordid love history with indie games. Much like the quirky, less-popular kids I got along with best at school, they’ve got this charming appeal that keeps me coming back and, more often than not, liking what I find when I spend the time to get to know them. Unfortunately, much like the misfit children of my local learning-halls, some of them are unpopular or shunned for good reason. So it is with Fist of Awesome, a pixel-heavy brawler about a bearded guy, a talking hand, and lots and lots of bears.
