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Lethal League, developed and published by Team Reptile, is an indie fighting game that is a uniquely weird combination of Ping Pong and target practice. You have a small roster of 6 very different characters from a young baseball player like Raptor to the cybernetic crocodile like Latch. Your objective is to hit your opponent with a ball, as you hit the ball, it'll gain speed moving faster and faster. The faster the ball moves (can hit 1 million mph) the more hectic and panic-inducing the match becomes, where you'll go from strategic bunts and hits to spamming the hit or bunt buttons hoping to land the hit to turn the tide. Lethal is a fun game, that supports up to 4 player local co-op which can lead to some awesome team and FFA battles. Lethal League is definitely a true party game, that has the potential to entertain for hours. Gameplay is simple, the graphics are rather nice, and the bumping soundtrack gets you moving and keeps you loose even when the tensest of momen...

     Saber Interactive's indie basketball game, NBA Playgrounds is the most recent basketball game to come out that has shied away from the traditional simulator such as 2k or Live for that sorely missed arcade flair of NBA Jams. Touting the signature 2v2 match up and a splash of NBA Streets, Playgrounds is a breathe of fresh air, but sometimes even the air can be a little bit stale. NBA Playgrounds has been stated to be somewhat of a spiritual successor of sorts to the aforementioned games, NBA Jams and NBA Streets. Playgrounds does bring back the caricature-esque NBA superstars with their own unique art style to further embrace the arcade-y feel. Overall the game can be fun, shooting, stealing, shoving, and dunking as you aim to fill up your Lottery Bar to get one 6 possible power-ups to help shift the game in your favor. Yet even with those elements done quite well, some decent music, the lack of hype the announcers in Playgrounds makes the game feel a bit disjointed...