What if music controlled a videogame instead of the player?
Perhaps videogames could be more like videos than games.
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Three music toys for when you’re feeling drowsy
I used to call The Tiny Bang Story my “lullaby game” on account of its reliability in sending me to sleep at my desk in the late hours of the night. It’s a gentle, soothing hidden object game with hand-painted artwork that you can complete in less than an hour. I used to deliberately put it on while
Shopping for real estate and men with Taylor Swift
Haters gonna hate. Daters gonna date.
The dancing simulacra and psychedelic angst of Chameleon World
You’ll also find overgrown beetles with denim carapaces walking the streets.
Create intense imagery, calming music with this playful visualizer
Become a great artist in, say, ten seconds.
Wander the musical wastelands of your final days
A concept album in voxels.
Vib-Ribbon is a love letter to obsolete technology
The progenitor of the music game, crystallized.
The calming, lovely Music of the Spheres is free now
Two years ago, Hamish Todd was diligently working on a puzzle-shooter called Music of the Spheres. Inspired in equal parts by Castlevania, Everyday Shooter, and the geometric beauties of Islamic art, the game was quiet, almost still, and, according to Todd, its reception was equally quiet. “Aside fr
An actual "walking simulator" for all you smartphone walkers
Something to pay attention to.
Are you high? ChildGod996 thinks so
“My goal is to lead the world into balance and harmony via the universal language of art.”
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is a trip through stolen time
On finding your way home.
Turn your regular PC into a visual instrument with Ojoon EP
Take a break from work and do this.
Beat Blox is like real-life Patatap
The intuitive, color-soaked beat-making app Patatap is something we still think you should check out. Following in its footsteps is Beat Blox, a grad project by Swedish student Per Holmquist. His piece, created at the Beckmans College of Design, takes Patatap‘s tactility and fuses that with the much
Turning dark pop music into grim horror games
The sound of horror and sexy nightmares.
Documentary on sound in videogames explores human/machine divide
Rage with the machine. Not against it. “8bit captures the tug and pull between computer and player, the interaction between an unforgiving system and your racing heart.”
Thecatamites presents 11 strange and joyful handcrafted music games
I mean: what did you expect.
Chandelier depicts the life and times of a party girl
Sia’s hit song gets a chilling interactive companion.
Hurry The Sorry Word echoes with a raw deathly blues classic
This time it’s you.
Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame is ridiculous, glorious
Rock and opera go together like baking soda and vinegar, so it goes without saying that Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame is the most glorious, ostentatious guitar-epic ever played. I don’t think I’m overstating this. I don’t think overstatement is even possible. I mean, the trailer presents one m
The Choreography of Pixels
Videogames and dance music have a long standing connection but what’s really behind this happy marriage?
Stop what you’re doing and drop a hot beat on this Rubik’s Cube
The Rubik’s cube is a 3D puzzle that clandestinely teaches us about algorithms and math and lessons in futility. The 808 is an iconic drum machine by Roland popularized by The Beastie Boys. Not much in common, right? But when the color-matching toy is paired with classic electronic percussion equip
The module still reigns
Kill Screen patches together games and music at Moogfest.