from chaos

I came across this game last weekend, catching up with some friends at Tech. I’ve been collecting games to write about lately, but this one was different enough from what I’ve been playing lately to jump the line.
Strictly speaking, you’re not supposed to tell people how to play before beginning, but it’s easier to get [...]

Thanks go to José Zagal for pointing this out: a visualization of common approaches to the first level of Konami’s Gradius.
The New Gamer’s R. LeFeuvre overlaid a series of Gradius playthroughs to provide an idea of the average paths players used in proceeding through the level.
If you’re familiar with Gradius, you’ll find some of the [...]