Don’t you hate it when your virtual girlfriend psychologically profiles you?
My British girlfriend Karen, who lives on the app store.
Jess Joho
Explore the vibrant ghetto of 1980’s Brooklyn with Living Los Sures
Walk through Williamsburg when it was a home for the disenfranchised in the 1980’s.
The Black Glove is like BioShock’s opium-riddled older sibling
All you need to know is that there’s a space minotaur involved.
The future is not dark and awful, says this online series
How will you shape the United States of the not-so-distant future?
Gorge, a food-horror JRPG, gives videogames something to chew on
Food: apparently it’s more than just a health potion.
Dark Detour is a 21st century ghost story invading your social media this Halloween
It’s like Amityville Horror. Only with Facebook.
For Storium, the future of storytelling is more like a return
Reviving the oral tradition.
Elegy for a Dead World turns writing poetry into play
Long-gone romantic British poets come alive with your words in Elegy of a Dead World.
The Genius of Caring breaks the stigma of coping with illness
“Open dialogue is just about the only way of coping with disease.”
This interactive journal envisions what we’ll all be dealing with as global warming continues
Natural disasters are not more resilient than the human spirit.
Desolate is a hand-painted journey about fighting your inner shadows
Prepare to feel alone and terrible about yourself.
These cloud-shaped skyscrapers may give Columbia a run for her money
Only, instead of racism, it’s all about eco-friendliness.
Creator of Clock Tower announces "the ultimate J-horror experience"
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” – Alfred Hitchcock Hifumi Kouno, creator of the classic 1995 Japanese horror franchise Clock Tower, announced an upcoming spiritual successor to the series, to be developed by a small studio with some very big names, called Nude Maker
Let’s talk about periods with the two badass high schoolers who made Tampon Run
“I jokingly said ‘Maybe we can make a game where someone throws tampons at people’s faces.'”
Descend into a labyrinth of archives in this interactive documentary
Borges predicted the internet would be an incoherent archive of information.
A city’s emotional tweets render vibrant 3D paintings
What mood does your city paint?
Watch the director of ID@Xbox deliver an exuberant love-letter to modern videogames
This is the face of a man that’s very excited to help you make your game.
If everything is interactive, then nothing is interactive
Clicking on this article or any other prompt is not “interactive.”
Rituals presents the surreal fragmentation of narrative in a post-colonial India
In Ritual, you are the invasion on identity that defines colonization. Ritual reveals that fictions construct the reality around us,
Check out the first trailer for the lovely, lo-fi platformer The Sun & Moon
You might recognize Daniel Linssen’s minimalist art style from the rogue-like Roguelight, featured on our playlist a few weeks ago. Now he’s back, with The Sun & Moon, a 2D action platformer that invites you to literally sink into the levels. The Sun & Moon originated in the 29th Ludum Dare competit
A conversation with the British Library’s first-ever interactive fiction writer-in-residence
Apparently, the British Library is chock full of gaming fans. Go figure.
In Pathologic, everything is terrible and it’s all your fault
Get ready to feel stressed out and useless in a plague-infested town.
You can now track the universal happiness bias, from social media to classic literature
Are you actually happy, or is that just your brain lying again? Language’s positivity bias proves consist across cultures and mediums.
Westport Independent explores how print is mightier than the sword
If journalism is all lies, how will you wield it responsibly?
Interactive documentary offers snapshots of life in occupied territories
“I didn’t want people to watch a predetermined narrative with one or two conclusions made by the director.”