Castle Crashers

So, Emmalee and I like playing video games. In particular we enjoy games that employ some form of multi-player cooperative play. Because of this we have found countless hours of satisfaction playing the Star Wars Legos video games. This weekend we found what looks to be our new favorite coop game.

Without going into details on the tight controls, excellent art, appropriately complicated RPG elements, ... let me just say that the game is FUN. A whole bunch of fun. My only warning for anyone considering playing it with kids is that there is a little bit of gross humor. The comedic well of "animal poop" is drawn from more than once in this game.

The other thing that I personally dig is that Castle Crashers is the gaming equivalent of an Independent Film. While the finished product was moved to release by many people, The Behemoth (the company that developed the game) was started by 2 guys. One programmer and one artist... the relatively inspiring story can be found here