The best action game no one's ever heard of just got a sequel - and it's phenomenal

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A show of hands, please. Have you heard of Bleed, a 2D indie shooter that appeared on Steam and Xbox Live Indie Games about four years ago? No? I didn't think so.
I wouldn't have heard of it either, most likely, if not for a rather specific set of circumstances. After all, it's not exactly the most inspiring or unique of names. Yet, solo creator Ian Campbell's (working under the name Bootdisk Revolution) Bleed, clearly one of the best things to have ever graced the Xbox Live Indie service and one of the finest 2D action games in many a year, only came to my attention thanks to my old podcasting partner in crime, Chet Roivas.
Long story short, I used to produce a podcast that required both myself and Mr. Roivas to find ten games each, per week, to talk about. It was quite an undertaking, and Chet took to examining every single effort that appeared on that storefront, wading through oceans of silage in order to uncover the occasional - very, very occasional - gem. Mount Your Friends was one. One Finger Death Punch another. But probably the best of the bunch was Bleed.
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