Imagine a Defender-style video game where you had to jog across the entire floor of a building to play it. No, wait; don't imagine that. One Japanese-born game designer already did. And it's pretty great.

PixelJunk SideScroller is a 1980's style arcade game made for the 26th-century. It's a side scrolling-shoot-em-up that exceeds in everything it attempts to pull off.

Hey, if Modern Warfare 3 falls hopelessly behind schedule as Infinity Ward crumbles, maybe Activision can go this route instead. Well, maybe except for the part about this PC game being 100 percent free.

If you were as impressed as we were by Dylan 'Steaky' Loney's Team Fortress 2 mod The Great Class Dash, which turned Valve's first-person shooter into a side-scrolling platformer, then you'll be glad to hear it's now available for download.

Yesterday we were tipped to a video of Team Fortress 2, imagined as a side-scrolling platformer. Today I checked back with the creator for more details on this game and was assured he's serious about completing the project.