"Censorship of information, and the lack of access to all points of view leaves a person susceptible to being fooled by liars. Moreover the censorship, alone, tells you all you need to know about those controlling the flow of information. That they think you are too ignorant to know the truth. Beyond that, that they can lie to you and you'll never know it."
- Brad C. (OtakuDante)
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Mary Shelley's vision of Frankenstein isn't lost on this cyberpunk meets western roguelike. Much like Mary's tale of re-animating the dead, Dr. Finkel of "Dust & Neon" does the same, but to a different end and at a different point in time. It seems the Wild West of the future is being overtaken by sentient robots, and the mad Dr. Finkel aims to be rid of them all.
In a last ditch effort to bring to fruition the end to the meddlesome machines Dr. Finkel takes the remains of a long dead gunslinger, and melds him with modern technology. Creating a machine murdering monster that can never truly die. This horrific highwayman's role of course is the total extermination of robot kind, and through the offerings and arsenal provided by the mad doctor this unnamed and undead gun toting terminator will set out to do just that. Ultimately venturing out onto the open prairies, dust filled deserts, and tumbleweed infested towns with murder on his mind, and six shooter in his hand.
"We truly were born into slavery. A debt system that keeps us from being free. We never achieve the things we dream, because we are slaves to said system of debt based oppression. Constantly owing, but never owning."
- Brad C. (OtakuDante)
Seems Ricky has done caught that train to Busan!!! Ricky, the hero of Astrolabe Games' latest top down twin stick shooter, definitely ended up on the wrong side of town, El Prospero Town. After a long train ride, and having missed his intended stop Ricky ends up in El Prospero, unexpectedly. A high school graduated backpacker out to see the world in the wrong place at the wrong time.
At this current stop, a Mexican themed ghost town that harbors a dark presence, Ricky finds an adventure of a lifetime beckoning as well as a damsel in distress for the saving. The remaining residents of El Prospero each hiding inside due to a zombie outbreak brought on by an odd harbinger of death known as MC Skull. In a chance meeting with a local girl named Ashley at the initial train exit, Ricky sets off a series of events in which rescuing the survivors is his key focus. Armed with whatever weapons he finds, a sense of humor, and a liking for burritos Ricky sets forth facing the impending zombie apocalypse.
