"Get Rich or Die Gaming was profane, juvenile, and remarkably hilarious, but it was also shockingly successful. Perhaps word of mouth spread of its insanity, or perhaps people were drawn to the sleazy cover art and catchy name, but the game sold baller amounts of copies and allowed Angus Cheng quit his day job and work full time on its sequel. A year and a half later, Rock Bottom picks up right where Get Rich left off with the downtrodden Wilson Cooper stuck in the slammer after trying to pick up a prostitute."
Join Amras89 and Hardlydan for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk about Zelda for Wii U, Gamasutra – Steam controller support, the revenue of the U.S. video game industry, the woes of Playdeads co-founder, the Epic Games CEO, and the Elite: Dangerous Role Playing Game. Games discussed are Elite: Dangerous, Rock Bottom, Tales From the Borderlands, and Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past.
Perhaps ironically, many of these games are rarely played by people who still enjoy videogames from the days of the arcade and systems like the NES and Sega Genesis. This list covers retro-inspired indie titles that deserve more attention. We’ve excluded more well-known games, such as Super Meat Boy and Shovel Knight, from consideration. Also note that many of the listed games are free. Finally, this list isn’t definitive; it only covers games that we believe are as good as or better than the retro-inspired games that get most of the hype.
"Not only are story-based games sometimes rare on XBLIG, but sequels to story based games are like dualicorns (that’s a unicorn with two horns, i.e. freaking rare). Rock Bottom is the sequel to the surprisingly successful XBLIG “Get Rich or Die Gaming,” which involved a guy selling drugs after being kicked out of his house for gaming and ultimately winding up in jail. Rock Bottom starts with you attempting to break out of jail and climb to the top of a fictional board game company named after the actual developers of Rock Bottom."
