AG writes: "Some game names have the ability to call up unwanted mental images and Trine unfortunately, is one of them. The first thing I thought of when reading the name "Trine" this year at E3 was that it should have a "La" in front of it. (Get it? La-trine?) Doing my best to ignore the lame potty jokes, I soon discovered that Trine is a cool downloadable fantasy action/puzzle/platformer named for a priceless magical object. The story goes that all is well in the kingdom as long as this object is safeguarded by spells inside the venerable halls of the Astral Academy."
Poor reception hasn't killed this series. A document released this week by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), confirming projects it plans to help fund in 2018, has revealed that a number of indie studios are working on new games.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Pulkkinen is a relatively new face in the video game industry. Thus far he has worked exclusively on games developed by Finnish game studios, but I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the near future his music begins to attract attention from elsewhere as well. Given that he is only 34 years old he likely has many more years ahead of him in the video game industry."
"One of the oldest and most integral genres in video gaming is platforming. In the simplest idea, these games involve progressing an avatar through a series of obstacles by jumping from one platform to another. Originating back in the 1980s, platformers are not a pure genre; there is a tendency for other game types to mix in with platforming. For example, Contra gave rise to “run and gun” games; these are a cross of platforming and shooters."-- PlayStation Enthusiast
