How do you measure the success of an autobiographical game?
What can be achieved by turning personal experiences into a game?
For Becky Stern, wearable electronics are a form of self-expression
The Adafruit designer empowers everyone to bring their fashion to life.
Inside The Yearning Tree is an enchanting microcosm for our fears and desires
Creator Alexander Ocias calls The Yearning Tree “a quiet space for you,” the player. At first, the muted scene depicting a lonely flame in front of a tree does appear to be yours and yours alone. At the zoomed out angle, even the looming tree stands at a distance, accompanying you only at arms lengt
Exploring Mexico’s heritage through gaming
Sharing a culture, one quest at a time
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
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
The computers of the future will not be a pain in the ass
No matter what Hollywood would have you believe.
Two grizzled skydivers used jetpacks to create high camp
This is not a joke; it’s a jetpack. Well, maybe it’s a joke, but it’s definitely a jetpack. More specifically, the object at hand is a wing that can be attached to a sort of backpack worn by the skydivers Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet. The wing is equipped with multiple small engines that can propel t
Presenting Time Warrior, a new classic of so-bad-it’s-good cinema
Imagine Birdemic crossed with a stock photo of a gamer.
The life and times of a Garbage Cat, and his human’s futile attempts to sleep
Cats: why do we worship their every judgmental glance and begrudging move? Perhaps its writ in our DNA to adore their disdain for us, and to, day in day out, pick up the stinky poops of a creature that (on a good day) barely puts up with your people crap. Ever since the Egyptians up and declared the
Let’s go home, Ellie
Miguel Penabella on The Last of Us and The Searchers.
Okhlos turns to Ancient Greece to explore the phenomenon of mob mentality
Coffee Powered Machine, the wonderfully named developers behind the forthcoming game Okhlos make only one promise: there will be angry Greek mobs. What more could you ask for? Before you start rampaging, a little bit of context: Okhlos is set in ancient Greece. Its 16-bit style feels loveably and su
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
What’s worth fighting for in San Bavón, Anchuria?
This is what Sunset’s protagonist Angela Burnes is fleeing from and fighting for
It’s dangerous to go alone, so bring a friend to the beautiful world of Yonder
With a few notable exceptions, platformers are typically solitary adventures that measure determination against dexterity. The life of a whip-wielding vampire slayer or bounty hunting contortionist is a lonely one. Players often left to fend for themselves as they chart a course through a labyrinthi
Long live Mad Max, demigod of our post-apocalyptic nowhere
The righteous return of the road warrior, and what it means for videogames
Digging into the Southeast Asian bootleg videogame cutscene economy
They made a Metal Gear Solid movie?
Blow your haters a big fat smooch in Kissing Foes
In the age of social media toxicity, people need a plan of action for dealing with hater McFrowny Faces now more than ever. There seems to be two divergent paths in the quest to conquer a hater: either go into battle mode and attempt to defeat your foe, or kill ’em with kindness. One of the most dis
Studio Ghibli’s Spaces of Escape and Longing
The spaces we never occupy haunt us the most
Paint your way through an invisible platformer
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. INK (Windows) BY ZACKBELLGAMES Discovery defines the greatest videogame experiences. No one forgets that butterflies-in-your-stomach, swooning I’ve-never-felt-this-way-before feeling you get
Night Terrors will use augmented reality to turn your home into a horror house
Over the past year the horror genre has revitalized fear. Films like David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, a film featuring a sexually transmitted haunting, and Jennifer Kent’s storybook monster film The Babadook, have received unexpectedly raving reviews and high ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2013,
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
With eXistenZ, Cronenberg created the only videogame movie we’ll ever need
Game on, and in, eXistenZ.
A hockey fan taught his living room to celebrate goals with a light show
The Montreal Canadiens’ season is over. Last night, following a 4—1 loss at the hands and sticks of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Habs were eliminated from the National Hockey League’s playoffs. Their barren run of seasons without bringing home the Stanley Cup now sits at twenty two. Viewed in the li
The Golden Age of Shitty Videogame Adaptations
1994 doomed videogame movies.