Maya Man
At the intersection of dance and creative code, Maya Man creates browser-based experiences that transform human movement into data, examining our intimate relationships with technology.
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Fantasy RPGs always felt like a desk job anyway
There’s a lot to manage in a role-playing game. It can almost feeling like having a desk job—managing inventory, grinding work, looming bosses. Add with crafting, foraging, and upgrading gear on top of that it’s no wonder I keep asking myself why I repeatedly subject myself to RPG work. Not everyone
Which Passover Plague Are You? is a real question and a real game
Anyone who had the misfortune of going through bible school will know the story: the Jewish people spent generations in slavery, tortured at the hands of great Pharaohs, before God inflicted 10 plagues upon Egypt to free his ill-treated servants. What wasn’t covered in the Abrahamic texts, though, w
Here it is, the farting Daniel Radcliffe game that dreams are made of
When the flatulence-filled Swiss Army Man screened at the Sundance Film Festival, it was polarizing, to say the least. It even prompted a multitude of disgusted filmgoers to leave the theater, what Variety described as “could win the festival’s award for the most walk-outs.” The divisive Swiss Army
Limp Body Beat makes a musical instrument out of weird fleshy men
Playing artists Sam Rolfes’ and Lars Berg’s “fleshy music game” Limp Body Beat will probably be the closest I’ll ever get to attending one of those Body World exhibits. I hate the physical look of muscles. I cringe at the sight of gore that includes flesh-slicing. I’m not into it. Flesh and anything
Wanderment is a beautiful tribute to all the blind pets out there
As those of us who have ever had the privilege of owning a blind pet already know, they are bound to wander. Although their animal instincts are surprisingly effective at helping them navigate their surroundings even without eyesight, they aren’t perfect. It’s not surprising to see a blind dog play
This week’s Playlist pick: Sound System II
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. SOUND SYSTEM II (BROWSER) BY PIPPIN BARR Music and videogames go together like peanut butter and jelly: the visceral experience of play magnified by an equally sensorial accompaniment. In So
Playlist: An interactive walk through the woods
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. WAY TO GO (BROWSER) BY VINCENT MORISSET For all but the most ardent naturopaths, there are very few walks through the wood that bear repeating. You came. You saw. You conquered, without dyin
The less you know about The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo, the better
‘Scuse us while we bury this lede.
Inside the cut-throat economy of Eve Online
All’s fair in love and space war.
For Storium, the future of storytelling is more like a return
Reviving the oral tradition.
The boredom and silence of Extrasolar, a real-life waiting game
Out there; in here.
Candy Box 2 and the beauty of the smart stupid game
An exegesis, with candy.
Is this the first 400-year long Flash game?
Thoughtful and methodical, 400 Years is a humble Flash game with bold ideas. You play as a sort of living stone face (think pixel art Easter Island statue). You move through the 2D world, as one does in a platformer, only, instead of giving you a jump command, pressing the space bar advances time, s