If you haven’t played this game, then you’re seriously missing out on one of the most important game releases in the last 20 years. ICO is massive, frightening, beautiful, and like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Buy it, borrow it, steal it – buy a PS2 to play it if you have to.
Big Games and Little Boys – But I’m not talking about that man-boy crap. I’m talking about real little boys, the cool ones. I’ve been replaying Ico recently (on the PS2, not even in HD!), which is what brought the whole little boy thing to mind for me. The game is evocative and …