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Simplify This Horse isn’t what you might expect

Simplify This Horse isn’t what you might expect

2 min read News
Simplify This Horse is, on the surface, a simple browser game made as a promotional tool to hype up the Swiss band Extrafish’s upcoming album, Simplify This Fish. That is, until its layers are pulled back, and what’s exposed is a game that’s obtuse, weird, and fascinating. Extrafish is a balkan-dada
It might be impossible to stop grinning at Burrito Galaxy

It might be impossible to stop grinning at Burrito Galaxy

2 min read News
When someone talks about nostalgia in videogames, there’s a solid chance they’ll also be talking about Metroidvanias or slick indie platformers. Super Meat Boy (2010) ends up being notable for its tight air control and precise jumps—the weird setting and throwback cutscenes are kind of a bonus. But
The immortal weirdness of Shadow Hearts

The immortal weirdness of Shadow Hearts

5 min read feature
This article is part of PS2 Week, a full week celebrating the 2000 PlayStation 2 console. To see other articles, go here.  This article contains spoilers for Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, and World War I. /// Several famously grim prophecies were recorded in the run-up to World War I. “The
How do cats see the world? This bewildering psychoscape has a rough idea

How do cats see the world? This bewildering psychoscape has a rough idea

3 min read News
This cat is out of place. But maybe all cats are out of place. The one in Psychic Cat is probably no more suited to its environment than, say, my cat Smudge who fell through the roof of the greenhouse last year. The temptation was to call Smudge a klutz at the time (and let’s be fair, Smudge, you ar