Category Archives: Game studies
Hypervoid Panspermic Doom Womb
A new game is available on Itch.io – Hypervoid Panspermic Doom Womb. It’s my first attempt at game design in Bitsy. Volume 002 of Interactive Noise has also been published recently on Substack. Read and subscribe: https://interactivenoise.substack.com/
Continue readingDiGRA 2024 + Interactive Noise
I will fly to Guadalajara this weekend for DiGRA 2024 to present the new developments in the research Hugo Montembeault and I are doing on videoludic noise. To mark the occasion, I’m launching Interactive Noise today. It’s an evolution of my past reviews but through Substack. It’s easier to read, you can subscribe to the […]
Continue readingExophilie – iDMAa Wild Media 2024
Exophilie will be part of International Digital Media and Arts Association 2024’s Wild Media exhibition at Winona State University (June 24-30). I recorded this (messy) presentation of the game’s postmortem for the exhibition. Why not share my anxiety with the world? Confused ramblings, tentacles, alien pr0n, AI conspiracies, and other inhuman pleasures await. Enjoy.
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 42 – 04/30/2024
Restart by JesseAidyn – https://jesseaidyn.itch.io/restart This poetic experience offers a sumptuous world to explore and unravel – the hints hiding in the verses of a poem. This game is part of Jesse Aidyn’s more extensive research in logical contradictions, but I dare say it also explores sensorial and affective contradictions, offering magical and horrifying surprises. It’s […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 41 – 02/25/2024
Last Seen Online by qwook – https:// https://qwook.itch.io/last-seen-online This effective retro-OS puzzle game perfectly invoked the specific dread of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s brand of horror. The naivete of teenage angst doesn’t prevent eternal cyberlamentations. Perfect World by phasein – https://phasein.itch.io/perfect-world Another brilliant title by phasein, this time tackling capitalism and the Anthropocene. It’s an excellent and satisfying […]
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