Canabalt : A Grand Statement of Design

While everyone’s been all hyped up about Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2 lately, in the midst of the chaos I found another truly remarkable game that deserves your attention.  Canabalt, a 2D escapist platformer may be well known to many of you, but what you may not know is that it made its way to the appstore in the form an incredibly addictive and well-ported iPhone game.  In the legendary words of Ron Burgundy, apparently you just run!  Alright, to be fair there’s a lot of jumping in there too, but that about covers all the bases.  Amazingly, it was created by only three guys over at Semi Secret Software and man did they nail what it takes to make a great game.  I’ve always said that solid gameplay will immortalize a title more than aesthetics alone ever could, and Canabalt is certainly no exception.  Its gameplay is simple, addictive, and most of all fun. You can purchase it from the app store here for only $.099.