- Author: Scott Sharkey
- Filed under: 1UP.com feeds
- Date: Oct 6,2008
The guys who made independent favorite Gish and the previously featured atmospheric freebie Aether are at it again. This time they've crafted a game that's a little cute, a little gross, and hard as all hell. Meat Boy is, appropriately enough, a squidgy little cube of meat tasked with making his gory way through a gauntlet of fire, salt, and grinders to rescue his companion, Band-aid Girl from the clutches of the bastardly Dr. Fetus.
It's a particularly nice touch that Meat Boy's levels are bundled in groups of five, of which only three must be completed to unlock the next set. You're all but sure to get hair-rippingly stuck on a few of them.
Also, it wins bonus points for reminding me of They're Made Out of Meat. Check out the full game right here for free and let us know what you think below.
- Author: Kyle Stallock
- Filed under: 1UP.com feeds
- Date: Oct 6,2008
Continuing their line of Guitar Hero action figures, which are set to be released this November, McFarlane Toys will be releasing another next February, this time basing it on Slash's in-game character from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The new figure is six inches tall, includes 15 moving parts as well as a removable guitar (which is interchangeable with the other Guitar Hero figures), and will come with a sculpted base. Having your very own miniature Slash will cost you between $10 and $15.
While there's not a specific release date for the little guy, one thing is for certain: If someone from the future told the Appetite for Destruction Slash an action figure would be made after his videogame character, he would probably laugh, drink a bottle of tequila, eat the worm, do a line of coke, and pass out, later waking up to laugh off the strange prophecy as an alcohol-and-drug-induced dream. Oh, how the times have changed.
Below you'll find another image of the figure for your perusal.
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