Teenage Blob is a rush of music and oddball challenges Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Teenage Blob is a rush of music and oddball challenges EPs and games collide. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Updated on 3 Sep 2020 10 comments There is so much energy in Teenage Blob that even the on-screen text seems to shake and shudder and tremble. Why wouldn't it? This is such a weird and brilliant project - half EP, half mini-game collection. The Superweaks (a band) recorded six new songs. Team Lazerbeam (a development team) made six new games. Then everything got flung together in a sketchy celebration of punk and the brilliant/terrible lost years between 16 and 19. Rotten jobs. Gigs. Set lists. The energy of it! In a way it strikes me as a game/album about the similarities between games and albums. I'm guessing music gets pretty hard to pick apart in the studio - hard to know where an idea comes from and who exactly did what. There's a similar hectic sketchiness to the games here, a sense that loads of stuff was thrown in and the muddle sorts itself out only when you're playing. There's a throughline - you're off to buy some new shoes and make it to a gig - but it's the thinnest of threads. Instead this is just a wonderful mass of chaos to mash through in half an hour, and emerge blinking on the other side. My favourite game here is probably Paperperson - a spin on Paperboy in which you deliver sandwiches rather than newspapers. The sandwiches have a lovely vicious weight to them, whether they're headed for a mailbox or someone's window, and I'm constantly surprised by the obstacles that litter the path. Run away lawnmowers, dogs, manhole covers. And then - was that...? The feel of the game is wonderful - there's a tension and spring to the controls that was entirely missing in the original Paperboy. Other games are similarly lovely to mess around with - a Guitar Hero number, a spin on Tony Hawk skateboarding trickery, onwards and upwards, all of them filled with funny asides and breaks and dialogue options and what the silent comedians used to call "bits of business." EPs need a bit of structure, of course, and Teenage Blob builds to a euphoric climax that I shouldn't spoil - I couldn't take notes because I couldn't stop laughing - and then a coda that introduces a note of genuine heartache. I didn't expect to be moved by a game called Teenage Blob, but that probably says more about me than anything else alas. I'm left now putting it all together in my mind. And preparing to play it again. Teenage Blob is a rush of fun and sometimes unstable energy and sadness. A bit like being a teenager, I guess. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 12 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store