barkely.shut.up.and.jam:gaiden.

Reverend Anthony is known at Destructoid for his scathing yet intelligent reviews of video games. A prodigy in his manner of criticism, I have yet to completely disagree with him on any of his opinions, with the exception of a certain jam we ran into about Nicole Wiebe's levels of attraction (I nay, he very yay, in a gross way).

That aside, Anthony is also an avid advocate of the Indie games industry, seeking out and playing some of the rarely seen gaming gems.  This week in his feature Indie Nation, Anthony discusses the game Barkely, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. An RPG parody, much like what we saw with Lasagna Cat but actually playable, the premise of this Tale of Game's studio project can be described as such:

The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the "Verboten Jam"...

Not enough for you? Check out the full blown trailer below. I'm dying to play it myself... but sadly waiting for a PC to play it on. Dumb.