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A Little Help Here: Tiny Barbarian

There are so many excellent freeware indie games out there. How can we possibly post them all? The answer: We post them one at a time, lad. One at a time.

Tiny Barbarian is a short, tricky platformer inspired by Conan story The Frost Giant's Daughter. I've actually read the comic, but I'm a little shocked to now discover that it was originally published in 1932, back when Hitler was simply a presidential candidate and Rock Paper Shotgun was a mere fraction of the size it is today (a coincidence, I assure you). Anyway, Tiny Barbarian is good. Go play! There are 9 hidden diamonds to collect and developer StarQuail's posted a guide to the boss in a completely awesome 90s videogame magzine style. Top marks.

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Quintin Smith: Quinns was one of the first writers to join Rock Paper Shotgun after its founding in 2007, and he stayed with the site until 2011 (though he carried on writing freelance articles well beyond that). These days, you can find him talking about tabletop board games over on Shut Up And Sit Down, or doing proper grown-up journalism with the folks at People Make Games.
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