Tales From Space: About A Blob- PS3

Though it offers few thrills, About a Blob serves up plenty of palatable platforming action.

About a Blob is the newest platformer to squelch its way to the PlayStation Network. Is it worth the download?

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Despite ending on a sour note, About a Blob is a very palatable adventure. The light puzzle and platforming challenges come at a good pace and will likely retain your interest in the hours it takes to complete the game. About a Blob won't wow you, but...

About a Blob is a capable platformer with a cool, eye-catching art style and inventive gameplay. With several levels of increasing difficulty, it's a short but sweet title that is sometimes a bit repetitive, but ultimately well worth the price of...

At its worst, you're dying twenty times in a row because you can't switch back from magnetism to electricity quickly enough, or forget which of the shoulder buttons attracts or repels. Sadly, those annoying bits absorb much of the impact of the good...

Pulling off both nostalgic and fresh is hard, but that's exactly what About a Blob does. My biggest complaint? I wish it didn't end so soon, which speaks well of its quality.