The Surreal, Weird, and Peculiar, Part 1: Pooyan, the First "Kooky" Shooter

The Daily Daze

Games, like any art form, can prove to be a weird window into its creator(s)' soul. Indeed, even the most conventional genres can be bent into something wildly unexpected. Enter Pooyan, a certainly offbeat title that takes the basic gameplay of, say, Galaga, but turns it sideways and adds a dash of pork! For this mini-episode, Mr. Pacario describes this oft-overlooked but worthy shooter.
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Thanks to Decktonic (www.decktonic.com) for the cover music