Blippo+ is a campy FMV transmission from another world

Blippo+ is a campy FMV transmission from another world | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG I felt like playing a janky choice-driven RPG on my Steam Deck, and this gritty AA deepcut is hitting the spot for just 99 cents RPG Crimson Desert is great because it’s a total mess, not in spite of it, and I hope Pearl Abyss doesn’t change too much RPG Banquet for Fools review: An enthralling experience that expects nothing less than your full attention at all times Sim This game about running a ’90s video rental store is the first job sim to really grab me since Schedule 1 Racing Screamer review: An exciting and distinct racer, but it doesn’t take home the gold Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out RPG Esoteric Ebb isn’t just the best Disco since Disco, it’s the closest anyone’s come to the magic of tabletop D&D in a videogame Sports Nutmeg is a brilliant concept that at its best is almost football Balatro, but boy is this a game of two halves Games The best indie games on PC RPG It’s only March, but I’m calling it: Esoteric Ebb is 2026’s best RPG and the first worthy successor to Disco Elysium RPG Banquet For Fools is a CRPG like no other and the most interesting thing I’ve played this year, and between it and Esoteric Ebb, roleplaying fans are eating great right now Strategy Terra Invicta review RPG After 2 years in early access, Greedfall: The Dying World still feels unfinished RPG The new game from Disco Elysium’s studio feels like the first Christmas after your parents’ divorce Strategy Heart of the Machine review: A fascinating grand strategy RPG that starts to buckle under its own ambitions PopularSpring SaleClipsCrimson DesertMarathonBest PC gearQuizzes Games Blippo+ is a campy FMV transmission from another world Features By Jody Macgregor published 29 March 2026 Turn on, tune in, drop out, and become a retro couch potato. 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I’m partial to the rants delivered by Blinker, an artificial being who lives between channels and signs off with “All hail the new static!” I’m also into Quizzards, a combination quiz show/roleplaying game where contestants answer questions instead of rolling dice to find out how their fantasy alter egos perform, and Boredome, where real teens talk about the real issues of the day. (“No adults allowed!”)Blippo+ is a game in the loosest sense of the word. Mostly what you do is scroll between channels to watch episodes of shows that are only a few minutes long. Some are animated, like Fetch, a perfect pastiche of surreal claymation like the Italian series The Red and the Blue, but mostly it’s live-action broadcasts from an alien planet. That alien planet just happens to resemble our world in the camp 1980s. If you remember Max Headroom, the Ceefax data-blast, or Zoo-era Top of the Pops you’ll find it oddly familiar. But if you don’t? Just think big shoulderpads and bigger hair.A bend in spacetime has allowed broadcasts from Planet Blip into our world, and once you’ve watched a percentage of each day’s ever-cycling shows you unlock the next. One brief puzzle demanded I fiddle with dials to retune frequencies, but apart from that your only points of interaction are channel-surfing and trying to figure out what’s going on.Article continues below You may like This horror game built from the bones of an abandoned FPS server and an accidental ARPG might be one of the strangest puzzlers I’ve ever played This game about running a ’90s video rental store is the first job sim to really grab me since Schedule 1 Earth Must Die review: An inventive adventure game that’s just a bit too obsessed with orgies The people of Planet Blip are aware of the bend in spacetime, and have begun deliberately sending their TV shows through it to communicate with us. Eventually they send Bendonauts through to our world as well. At first the news and current affairs programs are the main source of updates on the larger story, but the discovery of alien life filters down through all levels of Blip’s society. What do the teens of the Bore