Two kids made my favorite game at GDC: Concerned Joe

SAN FRANCISCO — Joe’s got cause for concern. He’s a puny blue block on stubby peg legs, and he’s totally at the mercy of the rather dickish game programmer who just created him for cheap, cruel amusement. And it wasn’t enough to just dump him in a side-scrolling maze rife with puzzles and comedic superdeath while his maker constantly harasses and berates him. If Joe stops moving, his life meter drains. Fast.