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PC Gamer
Jody Macgregor

Blippo+ is a campy FMV transmission from another world

A floating head in sunglasses, surrounded by pixelated versions of the same image.

It's tough to pick a favorite of the broadcasts I've been receiving from Planet Blip. I'm partial to the rants delivered by Blinker, an artificial being who lives between channels and signs off with "All hail the new static!" I'm also into Quizzards, a combination quiz show/roleplaying game where contestants answer questions instead of rolling dice to find out how their fantasy alter egos perform, and Boredome, where real teens talk about the real issues of the day. ("No adults allowed!")

Blippo+ is a game in the loosest sense of the word. Mostly what you do is scroll between channels to watch episodes of shows that are only a few minutes long. Some are animated, like Fetch, a perfect pastiche of surreal claymation like the Italian series The Red and the Blue, but mostly it's live-action broadcasts from an alien planet. That alien planet just happens to resemble our world in the camp 1980s. If you remember Max Headroom, the Ceefax data-blast, or Zoo-era Top of the Pops you'll find it oddly familiar. But if you don't? Just think big shoulderpads and bigger hair.

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