Stacking
For: Playstation 3 (via Playstation Network)
and Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live Arcade)
From: Double Fine Productions/THQ
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (crude humor,
mild cartoon violence, mild suggestive themes,
use of tobacco)
Price: $15
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
This is what happens when a developer with big-budget talent and an independent spirit flourishes on a platform that allows it to flex both characteristics at once: You get a game in which you play as a Russian nesting doll.
(In case the term isn't ringing a bell, Russian nesting dolls are those little wooden dolls that fit inside each other. You open one, and a smaller one is inside. Open that one, and an even smaller one is inside.)
"Stacking" brings those dolls to life, starring you as a tiny stacking doll named Charlie and tasking you with rescuing your family from an evil baron who has kidnapped and sentenced them to involuntary servitude.
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Posted by courier at 11:31 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
