News
Turning the dreamlike spaces of King’s Field into an exquisite corpse
Doubling down on the surreal.
Chris Priestman
News
An experiment in composing a soundtrack for a tabletop game as it’s being played
When you think of tabletop gaming what do you hear? It’s probably stone-cold silence as players shoot glances at each other, peering between decks and figurines, trying to weigh up one another. Or a monotone voice reciting the rules for the 34th time in order to explain why you can’t make that move
News
How do you measure the success of an autobiographical game?
What can be achieved by turning personal experiences into a game?
News
Wander through a tranquil wilderness in these 3D painted worlds
In 1964, Julie Andrews jumped into a chalk drawing. Inside, she discovered a whole new beautiful world. The film was, of course, Mary Poppins, and ever since having watched it as a child, I’ve had the desire to take a similar leap. It’d be great to spring ourselves, both feet forward, into the soft
News
The spirit of P.T. will live on after all
P.T. was a mirage. Thirsty for horror, we supped from its frightening wellspring, it sending shudders through our bodies and electric in our hairs. We were revitalized. Then it was taken from us. Konami shut it all down, both P.T. and the game it acted as a teaser for, the now vaporware survival hor
News
The hopes and fears of using a videogame as an online confession booth
The idea of a videogame acting as a confession booth is a distressing one. There’s a reason why the religious rite of penance is resolved in a two-person cubicle that can only be occupied by the sinner and a priest. This set-up allows for what is considered to be safe spiritual counseling. You can’t
News
Kitty Horrorshow’s most personal game yet is a trip through sad architecture
The architecture in Kitty Horrorshow’s videogames has always had the biggest presence. In CHYRZA it was a midnight pyramid that bore down upon you while collating pieces of its monstrous history. Sunset Spirit Sky had jagged helter-skelters to climb and silhouetted windmills with blades like black k
News
Pippin Barr’s virtual art gallery contains no art, but lots of questions
When 3D spaces were popularized in videogames it led to a new kind of energy bubbling up through creative pores. Those who worked within the medium had a whole new avenue to explore—all this extra space, and what to do with it? No longer did illusions have be figured out, but actual working 3D space
News
Jason Rohrer’s new game involves gambling real money to win amulets
Jason Rohrer is weird with money. Previously, he gave away $3,000 to players of his last game, The Castle Doctrine. You’d think him affluent with a gesture like that, but two years before that he told Paste how his family lived off $14,000 a year while somehow earning less than that. Now, I’m sure w
News
Recreate Jamiroquai’s "Virtual Insanity" music video in this game
I remember being eight-years-old and having a playground debate as to how Jamiroquai’s music video to the song “Virtual Insanity” was made. We were kids, so obviously one of the suggestions was that it was magic. Another said it was computer graphics. But the most plausible was that the floors were
News
Deconstructing videogames for the purpose of art
The “levels” and “bosses” structure has greater implications than those contained in videogames.
News
This game wants you to break it
Escape from the formula.