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  • It is a 3D platformer/twin-stick shooter set in and around a pubic region.

    Sex, death and government oppression: how Channel 4 is re-inventing the educational video game 2010

  • But the unarguable and literal game-changer is "LBP2's" now-ingrained ability to create gaming experiences - twin-stick shooters, puzzle games, a makeshift game of basketball - that have nothing to do with 2D platforming.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • It's a twin-stick shooter that actually makes you take notice.

    Ars Technica Andrew Webster 2011

  • It's a twin-stick shooter that actually makes you take notice.

    Ars Technica Andrew Webster 2011

  • Microbot is yet another downloadable twin-stick shooter, seemingly nothing to get excited about.

    Ars Technica Andrew Webster 2011

  • It combines multiple genres and ideas, creating an amalgamation of twin-stick shooters, RPGs, and space exploration.

    Ars Technica Josh McIllwain 2011

  • Burger Time and a sincerely written ode to the sanctity and purity of twin-stick actioner Robotron, it struck me that I've never read another novel so perfectly suited to someone of my age and interests as Ernest Cline's Ready Player One Crown Publishing Group.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011

  • But the unarguable and literal game-changer is "LBP2's" now-ingrained ability to create gaming experiences - twin-stick shooters, puzzle games, a makeshift game of basketball - that have nothing to do with 2D platforming.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • Burger Time and a sincerely written ode to the sanctity and purity of twin-stick actioner Robotron, it struck me that I've never read another novel so perfectly suited to someone of my age and interests as Ernest Cline's North Korea may be funding nuclear weapons with video game gold: Report

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011

  • This is Sega's top-down, twin-stick shooter featuring a mobile commando unit speeding across a variety of maps.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

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  • refers to gaming on consoles which have the dual joysticks for aiming/moving

    February 19, 2023