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The Sailor’s Dream is wistful and Mystful and out next week
She sells seashells by the appstore.
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The Black Fall drops you into the desolate world of a communist machine
In the post-industrial, post-human world of The Black Fall, everyone is an enemy.
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Ico gets eco in the first trailer for Submerged
Submerged explores a vaguely serene, post-apocalyptic world that is, well, submerged, thanks to global warming, melting icecaps, and poorly constructed window air conditioner units. We’ve been tracking it for awhile, through screenshots and Vines, and now the Australian studio Uppercut Games has rel
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The moody, stylish cyber-noir The Last Night is becoming a full game
Brothers Tim and Adrien Soret produced The Last Night for a cyberpunk game jam earlier this year, and it immediately turned heads. Brief, allusive, and massively confident, the game pulls from the most visually assertive visions of cyberpunk (Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell) and tells a story of th
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With money comes tragedy in idle game Exoptable Money
Mo’ money, mo’ problems is the lesson of this idle game.
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Scientists are trying to make robots that can feel things
The use of robots is widespread throughout society: in medicine, combat, warehouses and factories. However, one limitation is holding them back from advancing into other industries: a lack of touch. Human touch is complex and highly sensitive, sensitive enough to detect textures on a nanoscale level
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This ambient toy aids appreciation of Manfred Mohr’s computer art
Do not fear the hypercube.
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You’ve defended towers, now defend your gross internal organs
It’s not until you fall sick that you appreciate good health. You enter a state of hyper-sensitivity, suddenly realizing the labor of your every action, every movement, and every breath. Sometimes, when ill, I sit up in bed to fully concentrate my newfound awareness of the coiling and squelching of
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Lucas Pope finds his procedural zen
The follow-up to Papers, Please is looking lovely and decidedly lo-fi.
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Watch the trailer for a game that takes "life hack" pretty literally
Consider me else { excited() }. Or whatever.
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This week’s playlist has arrived
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. HELIX (iOS) BY MICHAEL BROUGH This shoot-’em-up is less of a bullet hell and more of a thumb ballet. Arc your preferred digit in graceful concentric circles around jellyfish and moonrocks to m
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Impact Winter is like The Thing as done by Pixar
Adorable floating robot friend, horrible deadly frozen wasteland.