TouchGen: McPixel is the kind of game that could only turn up on touchscreen devices, and only make a proper profit in the App Store. If I had to put it in a folder on my iPad, or iPhone it would sit alongside EnviroBear 2010 and Organ Trail. Games that are either too wicked, or too indie to be invited to indie game parties. McPixel takes the crown in this category, pisses on it and shoves it up an cow’s arse after smacking Abe Lincoln on the head with a pirates wooden leg.
McPixel is genre-less hilarious game so pixelated that will bring you back to 80s
Brett spotlights indie games of new and old in half hour of indie. This week he played McPixel. A very bizarre adventure game.
When you first boot up the game, McPixel warns you that long play sessions can lead to brain damage. Take note. They mean it. McPixel is a series of short, rapid-fire point-and-click “adventures” that highlight everything that is wrong with the point-and-click genre. Each scenario only lasts about 20 seconds, and in that time, you’re supposed to find a way to defuse an explosive. The solutions rarely make sense, though...
