headlander

Headlander is exactly the type of game that you would expect Double Fine Productions, the Tim Schafer company that has been responsible for the likes of Psychonauts and Brutal legend, to make. The only real difference between it and some of their other output is that they have squarely prioritized gameplay over everything else, meaning that the story and action isn’t quite as in-depth or funny as you might expect, but boy is it really fun. The game takes place in an unspecified futuristic setting that is very much inspired by the likes of Logan’s Run. Technology has advanced to the stage that humans are now able to upload their consciousness to a cloud storage system where they can effectively take over the bodies of robots to carry out any physical tasks. Unfortunately, an authoritarian AI known as Methusaleh has been causing a stir and it is up to you to relieve the rogue AI from power. Having awoken as just a floating head with no idea of who you