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 | | A very basic game that is “easy to learn yet hard to master,” Bomberman places opponents in a simple arena containing blocks, some breakable and some indestructible, and challenges players to trap their enemies in the blast radius of a bomb as it explodes outward in the four cardinal directions across the grid. |
 | | While all this talk about explosions makes Bomberman games sound violent enough to have Jack Thompson on the phone negotiating lawyer fees with Ted Kaczynski, part of the charm of the series is that its action-puzzle destruction is wrapped in cute, unrealistic, non-violent, abstract, kid-friendly candy coating. |
 | | Bomberman is presented in the classic 2d top-down view of it’s granddaddies, and what it lacks in graphical sophistication and “gee-whiz” factor it makes up with colorful, crisp artwork that leaps off the screen but doesn’t obscure the action even in a super ultra bombing frenzy. |
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