I am a self-titled
casual hardcore gamer. 

Most of the time 
I don't play video games. 

I do have the mechanical 
keyboard and gamer mouse (rat)
and decent gpu, a couple
ps2 controller 
with usb adaptor.

When I do play a game
I spend way too much time
and energy on it. 

My latest addiction 
is called 
'Vampier Survivors'

You control 
your character on 
the screen while 
it fires automatically
at hordes and hordes 
of monsters. You only
use the directional
wasd and nothing more. 

Monsters are barely
animated, they are 
floating pixel art
always moving 
toward you. 

Your character is 
barely animated too
2 frames of animation
when you are moving. 

That simplicity is what
makes it possible to 
be so intense. The goal
is to say alive for 30 
minutes while thousand
of monsters rush towarwd you.

No other games has a 
similar kill ratio. 
My latest bonus 
was awarded when I 
kill 10 000 enemy. 
That's more than 5
kill a second!

The mechanics of 
the game are a bit
odd to get started
but the learning curve
isn't bad. You can
move from novice
to God like level
in a couple of hours. 

And when I say God like
I really mean it. There
is no other games that 
give you so much powers
of anihilation. It's like
moving to level 100 at dnd
right at the start 
of the game. 

Most games are balanced
in a way that the better you
get the harder the monsters
are. You never get really 
powerful, creating a 
linearity that often 
becoms boring. Even if you
get really powerful, lower
level enemies don't 
appear as often. 

In Vampire Survivors 
You become so powerful
so fast and that's such
a fun feeling, finally
a game that give you
the ultimate power!

The strategy and balance
of the game is interesting
enough to keep me playing
for a few hours in the last
couple days, and at a 
6$ price tag, it's 
definitely worth it. 

You can play for free
but buying the game give
you access to many
different stages and
also keeps your progress
saved.

It remind me of
Super Smash TV on the
SNES, but with a lot 
more fire power. 

Although it's a really 
simple game it represent
well today's trend
of 'too much, and a bit more'
which is stimulating
for the brain, even 
just for a moment!