Nuff said.

Leave Home is a shmup for Xbox Live Indie and PC. Developed by Hermitgames, Leave Home has made it onto xnPLAY's Essential Shooters page and received plenty of other great press - and for good reason.

Retro Spectrum artifacts (loading screens and the such-like) give the game some character and the geometric graphics (which contribute to its small size) and blippy fx are a pleasure to wallow in for a few quick minutes of shooty bliss.

The isometric game-form is a classic art that has seen numerous iterations over the years and still has a solid base of advocates - albeit largely from the retro camp.

I've been a fan since the Ultimate Play the Game days - the Filmation classics Alien8 and Knight Lore - and Bernie Drummond and Jon Ritman nailed home my love for isometric with the awesome Batman and Head Over Heels (there's an interesting little interview with Jon Ritman here - not the best sound but nice to hear details from the early days).

Ultima VII got the 10 slides in 20 seconds treatment by long-time fan Paul Catling of Ractivis at our last AGW meetup.

Citing the depth and breadth of the game - from being able to bake bread, make bandages, forge weapons, milk cows and even change a baby's nappy - Paul expounded on the virtues of what many consider to be the ultimate iteration of Richard Garriott's flagship creation (including Garriott himself).