Goichi Suda and his team at Grasshopper Manufacture have carved out a very specific niche. Starting with the likes of Killer7, No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw, the developer has mastered the grindhouse aesthetic and where most of the time “kitsch” is a pejorative term, with Goichi Suda, it’s a creative weapon. Romeo is a Dead Man is the latest…
Goichi Suda and his team at Grasshopper Manufacture have carved out a very specific niche. Starting with the likes of Killer7, No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw, the developer has mastered the grindhouse aesthetic and where most of the time “kitsch” is a pejorative term, with Goichi Suda, it’s a…
Read MoreLollipop Chainsaw is a cult classic that first launched in 2012. The collaboration between Goichi Suda (Suda51) and James Gunn (yeah, that James Gunn, it’s obvious if you’ve seen 2001’s The Suicide Squad) is a subversive hack-and-slash game about a cheerleader with a short skirt violently fighting through horde after…
Read MoreShadows of the Damned is pure grindhouse. Originally released way back in 2011, the game follows the story of Garcia, a motorcycle-riding tough guy, as he descends into hell to rescue his lingerie-clad true love from an army of demons. Armed with Johnson (a talking skull-gun ally and, yes, the…
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