This is a slug to the jimmy parts. The mind behind Rez, Child of Eden and others has stepped away from game development. Fare thee well, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. You may have never gotten the acclaim you deserved, but Rez was one of my favorite gaming experiences. Ever. Even if I never got to use it with the trance vibrator in my butt.

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Rez is one of my favorite video games of all time. Trippy, hypnotic, filled with surreal visuals, butt-clenching gameplay, and a ridiculous soundtrack. And this week it was announced that its creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi has created a spiritual sequel to Rez, called Child of Eden. Fuck to the yes.

via kotaku:

Child of Eden, published by Ubisoft and crafted by Q Entertainment, the development home of Mizuguchi, shares much of the trippy synaesthetic stylings of Rez. They share similar sound effects and play styles. Line up shots that will destroy abstract enemies in an abstract environment by positioning a reticule and then letting loose with musical bullets.

Rez was a third-person musical shooter controlled with a Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 or Xbox 360 controller. Child of Eden, named after the artificial intelligence that lived inside a futuristic supernetwork, does away with the dazzling avatar of the original, putting the player in a first person perspective. The game is also optionally controlled with the PlayStation Move motion controller or Kinect for Xbox 360. But we also saw the game played with a regular Xbox 360 controller at E3, a chance to experience the vibrating feedback so instrumental to the original experience.

Fuck yes! Initially I didn’t cover this, because it was wrapped up in a Kinect promo, and let’s be clear – almost anything Kinect related can siphon the methane out of my farts by sticking its intake valve in my ass, but apparently you can rock out with standard controls.

Trippy visuals? Check.

Awesome Music? Check

Boner? Check.

Now let’s hope they let you use the trance vibrator. In Rez, it throbs with the music. It’s called a vibrator. Figure it out.