Trains Don't Stop: What to Play, September 11
The only way out requires a ticket.
The only way out requires a ticket.
Rob Dubbin and Garrett Miller's game premiered at Nick Sylvester's LA gallery, scored live, beside wool landscapes by Miller's mother.
Two horror composers on building dread from a muted brass collage, a chess set where every piece is a tuned bell and a 2011 interview with the historian who kept Assassin's Creed II honest. Plus a hand-drawn deckbuilder where card order decides the duel. All in this week's Experimental Games Weekly.
The Playdate climbing game from the studio behind Looom swaps the crank for a thumb.
The free Nintendo 64 homebrew swaps Mario's head on the 1996 title screen for the artist's own, then hands it to the player to pull apart.