Super Meat Boy 3D has no vibe

Super Meat Boy 3D screenshot showing Meat Boy on a rundown metal bridge.

SHAUN PRESCOTT, AUSTRALIAN EDITOR

(Image credit: Future)

This week: In addition to playing through Super Meat Boy 3D, Shaun is also playing the new game by the creators of Chasm, and something else that's still a bit secret.

Super Meat Boy can take all the credit for rekindling my love for the action platformer. I bought a secondhand Xbox 360 in 2010 just to play it. In that era of cinematic brown shooters it was a welcome reminder that Hollywood gravitas and exorbitant polygon counts are surplus to requirement when what this medium really excels at is making you pull off extraordinary, often ridiculous technical feats with your fingers.