Pages tagged “Media Molecule”

LittleBigPlanet 2 Review (PS3)

By Kirk Hamilton at 3:35 PM on January 18, 2011

Oh, LittleBigPlanet 2. What the hell am I going to do with you? You are a game that is difficult to quantify, much less qualify—larger perhaps than any single console experience out there, built as if by hand by extraordinarily, terrifyingly bright people and brought to life with a kinetic sensibility. An ode to joyous, chaotic motion, you are the toy box and the toys wrapped into one, the Rube to my PS3's Goldberg. You have music in your soul. You are a spectacularly groovy game.... read more

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Review: LittleBigPlanet (PS3)

By Robert Ashley at 11:33 AM on November 5, 2008

Developer: Media MoleculePublisher: Sony Computer Entertainment EuropePlatform: PlayStation 3Arts-and-crafts time meets Super Mario BrothersMost games are made out of action figures and explosions. LittleBigPlanet is made out of Popsicle sticks and Elmer’s glue. Taking its cues from craft fairs and the DIY maker movement, this endearing descendant of Super Mario Bros. creates a world out of knitted fabrics and rubber bands, construction paper and tape. You (and up to three friends) explore this planet via adorable, personalized sock puppets, hopping around handmade dioramas full of makeshift obstacles and cardboard-cutout dangers. This homespun look telegraphs the game’s greatest strength, a set... read more

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