![Manufacturing Discomfort with Messhof [KS01]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/size/w600/2025/12/rooftop_a.jpg)
Issue 01
Manufacturing Discomfort with Messhof [KS01]
Mark Essen (Messhof) creates games that thrive on discomfort, from the sickening drone of Randy Balma to the merciless difficulty of Flywrench. We explore how his background in art and film, and his preference for controlled randomness, shapes his uniquely unapproachable yet alluring designs.