Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is a humorous and parody filled turn-based RPG which takes place in "Neo-New York" after basketball has been outlawed in a Post-Cyberpocalypse world. The game was developed by Tales of Game's Studio and was released for free on the PC.
Oh man. I still remember when I first saw and heard of this game. It was an episode of On The Spot and I vividly recall Rich Gallup and Jeff being stoked. Fun times.
The original is sitting on my desktop just waiting to finally be played. This sequel is irresistible after reading this: "Only the arcane wisdom of the otherworldly slam scholar Cyberdwarf can reclaim his lost memories… and lost b-ball powers. But first, X114JAM9 must evade the sinister grasp of the malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn, his would-be captor and the ancient nemesis of all ballers, hoopsters, slammers and jammers."
I am incredibly excited for this (assuming it's going to actually happen). I legitimately think Barkley is one of the best JRPGs ever made, despite the faux-J. I will definitely donate to the kickstarter.
This may well be the first Kickstarter that I actually contribute money to. I only just finally got around to playing the original game last year and found it surprisingly refreshing considering the scope and overall freeware nature of it all. I would be most happy to have more adventures with cyberdwarves and weeaboo gas pumps.
And I mean, hell, our President endorsed it, too. "The Post-Cyberpocalypse has never looked so grim… or so beautiful. Barkley 2 is the first game to make me question if vidcons have the capacity to be art." Here here!
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