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Devastated Dreams will finally give airtime to the terror of becoming a mom
Dadification is out. Momification has only just begun.
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Fragments of Him multiplies its tragedy to reflect how death affects us all
This is a complete coincidence, but a year ago—to this exact day—I reached into my gut to pull out feelings I’d forced to exist down there for a long time. Today, I’m doing the same, as I wrote about Fragments of Him then, and I’m doing the same now. It’s a first-person drama that explores how a guy
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This videogame is basically The Brave Little Toaster but with a lot more horror
If there is a hell for electric toasters—or humans, for that matter— it is obviously an artisanal toast bar, the kind of place where artisanal butter comes with sea salt on the side lest you find yourself unable to control the salinity of your bread topping. Andrew Wang’s Lullaby for an Electric Toa
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This week’s Playlist pick is the abstract, spectral Sylvio
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. SYLVIO (PC, MAC) BY APOSTROPHE Were you someone who watched The Conjuring and wished you could be a badass ghost hunter like the Warrens? Well, they made a horror game for you (and your poor
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Memory Burn wants you to imagine digital death. That’s real enough.
The Sims as a series of macabre social experiments.
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The Witness gets the Limbo treatment
Just as photographs generally look good with a black and white filter, no matter the subject matter, it’s become increasingly apparent to me that stripping a game of its textures almost always produces a cool effect. One of the artists working on The Witness seems to agree—she was able to produce th
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Paths We Take turns falling in love into a rapturous collision of bodies
With his latest EP, Paths We Take, internet weird-house and software artist Brian returns us to his distinctive realm of ordinary life turned bizarre. It’s an EP of four songs, each one describing a chapter in a story that follows two people and their life together as it unfolds. “They meet, fall in
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Induction is like a gorgeous, time-warping trip through Monument Valley
This mind-bending pastel world defies language.
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Word puzzle game Alphabear looks adorable but it has a filthy mouth
Alphabear is a fun little mobile game. Combining word search puzzles with Neko Atsume’s pet collection mechanic, it draws you in with such adorable characters as Pirate Bear and Golfing Bear, who each possess their own set of unique bear powers—along with a themed outfit, of course. Designed by Bren
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How Tacoma’s ghosts of the past will help you in the present
While it wasn’t a horror game, the utter abandonment of the house in Gone Home made every turn around every corner feel like an imminent encounter with the supernatural. It was only in the material possessions of that house’s residents that any sign of life was even evident. Take that format and thr
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Simogo thanks Iwata by returning the gift of whimsy and play
Thank you, Satoru Iwata.
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Think you’re good at rhythm games? Try mastering Steve Reich’s Clapping Music then
Welcome to life after Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, where every music game feels incomplete without J.K. Simmons’ Fletcher yelling, “are you rushing or are you dragging?” While Whiplash does not yet exist in game form, at least there’s Clapping Music, which may induce similar levels of angst in player