![]() ![]() Those are the topping atop the pizza pie of its Wario Land-like gameplay. You’re not really coming to Pizza Tower for the story and style, though. This game walks a fine line between jovial and mean-spirited in a way that few recent examples of that style come close to achieving. Its ’90s Nickelodeon-style visuals and humor invoke that rare style of childish surrealism that is often funny yet vaguely dangerous. However, the game embraces that silliness like few others could ever hope to do. The game is…silly, and that’s putting it mildly. ![]() You probably won’t believe me when I tell you that Pizza Tower boasts an emotionally rewarding and thematically complex story, and you’d be right to be skeptical. Naturally, Spaghetti must climb to the top of Pizza Tower in order to stop Pizza Face and save his store. Spaghetti’s peaceful life running a pizza shop is interrupted one day when the nefarious Pizza Face informs the chef that he intends to shoot a laser from atop Pizza Tower and destroy Spaghetti’s pizza store. THE TOWER LEANS BECAUSE OF ILL-CONCEIVED DESIGN PLANS.Pizza Tower (available on Steam) is a 2D platformer that tells the tale of a “surprisingly agile and powerful fat balding Italian” (the developer’s words, not mine) chef named Peppino Spaghetti. A final wave of construction picked up again in the early 14th century, concluding with the installation of a bell chamber in 1372. This time, construction only remained underway for 12 years before another war again stopped the work. Military conflicts with other Italian states would soon halt progress on the tower, which would not resume until 1272. ![]() By 1178, workers had made it to the third story of the structure, which was already tilting slightly to the north. IT TOOK TWO CENTURIES TO BUILD IT.Ĭonstruction on a campanile, or bell tower, to accompany the public cathedral in the Italian riverside city of Pisa broke ground in August 1173. Here's everything you need to know about Italy's most beloved architectural accident. The Leaning Tower of Pisa may be the world's greatest spot for a tourist photo, but there's a lot more to this centuries-old icon than lighthearted images of your friends and family "holding up" the tower. ![]()
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