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You know those games that grab you by the eyeballs and don’t let go until you’ve wasted an afternoon? That’s Alien Hominid for you. You’re this little yellow alien who’s just minding your own business, digging on your home planet, when these gruff government agents roll up, nab you, and ship you off to Earth’s craziest prison. Naturally, you bust out, steal their ray gun, and go on a rampage. It’s absurd, it’s over-the-top, and it feels like the sweetest kind of cartoon violence imaginable.
Playing Alien Hominid is all about the momentum. You blast through waves of uniformed goons, hens, giant radishes—seriously, giant radishes—and dodge bullets, grenades, and the occasional rolling pin. There’s a neat little counter in the corner that tracks how many baddies you’ve tossed aside, which somehow turns mindless carnage into a personal best challenge. And if you drag in a buddy, the co-op mode doubles the chaos in the best way possible.
What really sold me, though, was the art style. Every explosion looks like it was drawn on a napkin by someone who’s clearly had too much coffee. The animation is buttery smooth, the backgrounds are quirky without ever feeling lazy, and the enemies are so big and goofy that you can’t help but laugh before you vaporize them. And that soundtrack—imagine old-school arcade bleeps mixed with punk rock energy, and you’ve got the perfect backdrop to your interstellar jailbreak.
Even years after its debut, Alien Hominid still shows up in little pockets of gaming culture—speedruns, side-scrolling anthologies, indie arcade nights. It never got a massive sequel, but it didn’t really need one. That little yellow guy’s spirit lives on in every frantic boss fight, every crazy secret level, and every time you look back on classic run-and-gun shooters and think, “Yeah, that was pretty awesome.”