Review
Fantasy Life romanticizes the small things
In the end, though? Dragons.
Tag: games vs. real life
Feature
Kim Kardashian Hollywood isn’t a fantasy-it’s real
The monster social game breaks the fourth wall.
Review
A new Madden ignores and confronts all the NFL’s problems
How much reality should we demand from our videogames?
Article
I had a panic attack while playing The Walking Dead. Is this a good thing?
What games can help us overcome.
Article
Mountain is a first step toward more human-centered game design
Easy to learn, easy to master.
Article
This War of Mine interrogates the nature of the war game
Going beyond the call of duty.
News
Wake the Dreamer is the indie alternative to Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life
Wake the Dreamer for iOS is the highest-concept game we’ve heard of all week, and that’s definitely saying something. It’s one of those games that takes a good paragraph to understand, and hey, that’s what I’m here for. Judging from the designer Ali Sakhapour’s description and from the trailer, it’s a life sim and dream simulator, which actually reminds me a lot of Nintendo’s surreal Tomodachi Life reveal, except decisively more indie-fied. The game takes place between two worlds: the dream world where all kinds of crazy shit can happen that affects the real world, and a real world where…
Article
What is the Dice+? I’m still not sure
It’s a cube, definitely.
Article
Like The Room? Try it in real life.
Inside one man’s quest to make room escape games real.