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Tale of Tales just released a new game or rather “experimental play experience” (a phrase surely concocted to appease those who don’t accept their repurposing of the word game). Anyhow, it’s called Fatale and it is awesome.
Starting with The Endless Forest, Tale of Tale’s have consistently created environments that exist for the purpose of being [...]
I started playing Magic: The Gathering when I was in 5th grade. Like all things from that age, it was a fad, and quickly faded behind the next hot toy. However, I have been amazed with the frequent resurgence of the game in my life. Multiple times, I have witnessed people with little in common [...]
I created a short game called Rationalization to help me think through some ideas.
The game is very abstract and its message is primarily procedural. I look forward to hearing any reactions you may have.
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In my last post, I discussed how games are being used to communicate, not just to entertain. Today, I want to discuss The Great Flu, a game recently released by Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The game attempts to educate the public about the dangers of and difficulty in containing flu pandemics.
In the [...]
I don’t need to tell this audience about the momentum building behind educational games. Even when I was an elementary student, going to the computer lab to play Math Blaster, Odell Down Under, or Oregon Trail was a special treat. These days, kids grow up on video games: game consoles are nearly as common as [...]
Molleindustria recently created a new game prototype called Kosmosis: “A COMMUNIST SPACE SHOOTER AS AN ARCADE GAME FROM AN ALTERNATE PRESENT WHERE NON-DEGENERATED SOCIALIST VALUES ARE HEGEMONIC.” The game was created as an entry for the Experimental Gameplay Project competition titled “Unexperimental Shooter.” Molleindustria are known for tackling controversial subjects including free culture and religious [...]
