Blippo+ is certainly one of the strangest games you could play this year–or any year, really. Released on Steam, Switch, and Playdate (the small yellow handheld famous for its crank controls), it strains the fundamental definition of a video game. Instead, it’s more of a simulation of TV channel-surfing in the late ’80s or early ’90s, a kind of interaction younger generations actually have no experience with. It’s a game whose target audience would seem to be very few people at all. And yet, because I enjoy exceptionally weird experiences, it delivers.
Blippo+ is a collection of live-action skits meant to play like a cable television package from 30ish years ago. When you first start up the game, it “scans” for channels–a process I vaguely recalled interacting with as a kid when Blippo+ reminded me. Then, once its dozen or so channels are found, you simply… watch TV.
The TV schedule plays out in real time. These are not on-demand offerings a la Netflix or HBO Max. This is a perpetually cycling programming schedule. If you tune into the news channel, for example, you’ll miss what’s happening at the same time on the music, family or–yes–even the porn channel. Each program only lasts a few minutes, so it’s not as though you’re locked in for 30 or more minutes if you want to watch any single program in its entirety. This also makes it easy enough to eventually catch everything, either by channel-surfing routinely like a kid after school in 1996, or by sticking with one channel at a time until it has looped fully, then moving onto the next channel.
This sounds intriguing! It’s always exciting to discover unique games that push the boundaries of creativity. Looking forward to hearing more about your experience with Blippo+.
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