There was a time, believe it or not, when video game companies lived and died by their adorable mascots. Dragon, worm, bat or bandicoot, the tubular nineties were truly a time for digital biodiversity, but by the early 2000s, the industry was beginning to trend away from the anthropomorphic hype animals of yore. And yet still along came Blinx: The Time Sweeper, a colorful platformer for the original Xbox starring a vacuum-wielding, time-manipulating feline. Naturally, the general assumption was that Microsoft seemed to be actively recruiting for a friendly, furry face to represent their newly minted Halo machine. But an assumption it remains, because in actuality, theres a whole other sidea fourth dimension, evento this quasi-retro story.
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