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# Playlist 7/31: Hitchcock-esque birds in A Ride Into The Mountains, Japan gets macabre in Skulls of the Shogun, and up in the air with Sky Tourist
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/playlist-731-hitchcock-esque-birds-ride-mountains-nippon-gets-macabre-skulls-shogun-and-air-sky-tourist/
- Published: 2013-08-01T12:18:17.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:08:33.000Z
- Description: End your July in stride with our picks from this week’s Playlist…
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: Article, A Ride Through the Mountains, Playlist, skulls of the shogun, Sky Tourist, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLAYLIST! You are one year old, and what a wild ride it’s been. As a treat, take 30% off all orders at the Kill Screen Shop until August 7th. Use the code PLAYLISTBDAY at checkout.

## A Ride Into the Mountains ([iOS](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=X9niSzHxSDg&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD%5FPARM1=https%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fa-ride-into-the-mountains%252Fid663106965%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30&ref=killscreen.com), [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leoexe.archery&hl=en&ref=killscreen.com))

### by Lee-Kuo Chen

The name portends your play. *A Ride into the Mountains*, you think. *That sounds nice*. And it is. Kuo-Chen’s plaintive chimes subdue as the far-off scenery waxes and wanes with your horse’s every gallop. But then the wind kicks up and your mounted archer is beset with pixelated ravens, and you remember that mountain-living is not for the meek.

**Perfect for:** Katniss wannabes, urban subway cowboys, former campers at [Black River](http://blackriverfarmandranch.com/?ref=killscreen.com).

**Time to play:** twenty to thirty minutes.

## Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition ([Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/228960/?ref=killscreen.com), [Windows 8](http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/skulls-of-the-shogun/c919c1a7-ad5d-4423-9a30-32cf731c04d7?ref=killscreen.com), [Xbox 360](http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Skulls-of-the-Shogun/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584111d8?nosplash=1&ref=killscreen.com))

### by 17-BIT

Buddhist hell may be on the wrong end of the stick from enlightenment, but it makes a damn fine backdrop for a strategy game. Set in the boneyard beyond your nearest Shinto shrine,*Skulls of the Shogun* is bedeviled by adorable undead feudal lords doing what they do best: decapitating fools. As they say, use it or lose it!

**Perfect for:** Buddha battlers, turn-based seppuku, hints of Samurai Jack.

**Time to play:** ten hours.

## Sky Tourist ([iOS](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=X9niSzHxSDg&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD%5FPARM1=https%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fsky-tourist%252Fid647585833%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30&ref=killscreen.com))

### by Alexander Lading

Who says space is the colorless cheerless uninhabited flatulence of malleable chaos? Played by placing your fingers on both sides of the touchscreen and balancing an astro-boy in tow on a rope, *Sky Tourist* is a bright and charming dexterity test in a distant galaxy. It’s great for alleviating those momentary flare-ups of existential dread too.

**Perfect for:** wandering hands, connecting flights, *Jetsons* whim-wham.

**Time to play:** a couple hours.