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.

That said, it does rely entirely on ball physics.
Vincent, unfortunately, no longer has a body.
He’s an ectoplasmic orb with eyes.

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.