There are a few dents and scratches in Pepper Grinder's toolkit, then, and some of them will require a little brute force to work through. But taken as a whole, three-to-four-hour experience? I wouldn't say they're devastating enough to spoil the otherwise immaculate performance of its drill work. Pepper Grinder is still a fun, novel and sparky breed of platformer, and one that will regularly make you break out in more smiles than anguished grimaces. Despite its hardships, you'll still mourn when those credits roll, and if that's not a sign of a good video game, I don't know what is.