I love that Bennett Foddy’sgame-length exercise in punching you in the handshas become a genre.

I love that developers are doing this to us, the Gamers - we definitely have it coming.

In fairness,Ascending Infernoseems relatively gentle for a Foddlike.

Dani, the protagonist of Ascending Inferno, pictured from behind with the nine levels of hell projected on the back of her Goth jacket

That said, it does rely entirely on ball physics.

Vincent, unfortunately, no longer has a body.

He’s an ectoplasmic orb with eyes.

Cover image for YouTube video

Yeah, screw you too.

Again, I don’t think this is as Foddable as some of the Fodder I’ve encountered.

It doesn’t look nearly as soul-crushing asPushing It!

It makes me want to play a Sonic The Hedgehog game set in hell.

That’s where a lot of Sonic games belong, in fairness.

Ascending Inferno is out today.

I guess, given the headline reference, I should end by discussing the music.

It seems pretty passable to my unsophisticated ears, like Vangelis but rockier.