In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we triangulate the exact halfway point between 2D and 3D in Super Mario 3D World A few months back, we covered … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2013: Super Mario 3D World

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we learn the value of friendship (and minimalism!) in Thomas Was Alone Okay so first I owe you an explanation. At … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2012: Thomas Was Alone

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we save the Glade of Dreams in Rayman Origins Rayman Origins isn’t supposed to exist. The Rayman series is a cartoony … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2011: Rayman Origins

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we die literally so many times playing Super Meat Boy Man, remember when I used to just straight-up not finish games? … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2010: Super Meat Boy

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we wow the critics with an exotic set-piece sequence where you get to play the entirety of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: the indie boom begins in earnest with Braid The HD era was a period of massive upheaval for the game industry. … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2008: Braid

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we blast off into space in Super Mario Galaxy Last month we looked at New Super Mario Bros. and found it … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2007: Super Mario Galaxy

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we play New Super Mario Bros. and figure out what “2D Mario” means a decade after it was replaced A lot … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2006: New Super Mario Bros.

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: A legendary adventure game developer branches out with Psychonauts I have mentioned a few times before in this series that the … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2005: Psychonauts

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: Cave Story give the NES-style platformer a second wind, and quietly begins a revolution Over the past ~10 articles we’ve been … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2004: Cave Story

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we ground the 3D platformer in realism (as grounded as a game with time travel can be, anyway) in Prince of … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2003: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: The 3D platformer meets the third-person shooter in Ratchet & Clank We have talked a few times before about “Sony Platformer … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2002: Ratchet & Clank

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: We kick off the PS2 era with the ultimate N64-era platformer, beefed up for the 21st century: Jak and Daxter: The … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2001: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: We close out the N64/PS1 era by looking at Banjo-Tooie, a sequel with some mighty big shoes to fill Video games … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 2000: Banjo-Tooie

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: The Blue Blur moves into the third dimension fashionably late in Sonic Adventure Last time we saw Sonic, he and Sega … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1999: Sonic Adventure

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: Banjo-Kazooie builds on the template for the 3D platformer Two months ago, we looked at Super Mario 64, one of the … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1998: Banjo-Kazooie

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we take a break from charting early 3D platformers to look at the Metroid-inspired Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Genre is … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1997: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: it’s The Big One. The game that would change the medium forever: Super Mario 64 There’s an old quote I love … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1996: Super Mario 64

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we check out Jumping Flash! and see what the first attempts at 3D platforming looked like Last month, we talked about … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1995: Jumping Flash!

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: we get a taste of that alluring 3D flavor in Donkey Kong Country With the benefit of hindsight, we tend to … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1994: Donkey Kong Country

In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: the Blue Bomber gets an edgy 90s makeover in Mega Man X The Mega Man games are some of the absolute … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1993: Mega Man X