Game studies – Page 5 – Frederick Maheux

Indie Games Reviews 27 —11/11/2022

First of all, I urge you to subscribe and support Weird Fucking Game. Excellent curation of unknown titles. Several of my best altgames experiences were provided by their newsletter. Don’t sleep on it. Small circles round my head by wediebee—https://wedgiebee.itch.io/small-circles-round-my-head Interactive meditation. Remain open to what your inner void will invoke. FEEDING_LOG_01172013 by dninosores – […]

Indie Games Reviews 26—10/13/2022

Satan’s Pepper by ghostfowl—https://theonlyghostwolf.itch.io/satans-pepper This is a master class in the forgotten craft of sprites art driven narrative fiction. There are some genuinely brilliant (funny) creation here that support a quite hilarious/satanic take on Hot Ones. City Park by Joey Schutz—https://jamschutz.itch.io/city-parkh What is introduced as an incredible homage to the eeriness of city parks is […]

Indie Games Reviews 25 – 09/17/2022

Anodyne 2: Return To Dust by Analgesic Production – https://store.steampowered.com/app/877810/Anodyne_2_Return_to_Dust/ This is pure synthesized joy, but the troubling, bittersweet joy of impending formless chaos, of saying yes to life in all its beauty and horror. The two brilliant minds of Analgesis Production offer a unique experience where cuteness and abstract weirdness merge in a game full […]

Indie Games Reviews 24—08/12/2022

Seek Satan by Magpuppy – https://magpuppy.itch.io/seek-satan Everything synthesized in the last sentence of the description: “ᴛʜɪs ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴏᴛ-ɪʀᴏɴʏ, ᴘᴏsᴛ-ɪʀᴏɴʏ, sɪɴᴄᴇʀɪᴛʏ, ᴏʀ ᴀ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ ɪʀᴏɴʏ; ɪᴛ’s ᴀ ғʀᴇɴᴢʏ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ, ɴᴏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ sᴇʟғ-ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇɴᴇss.” Discomfort and perceptual jamming in a game that seems more real than what our senses currently provide. […]

Indie Games Reviews 23—07/14/2022

Hoverboy by JesseAidyn – https://jesseaidyn.itch.io/hoverboy I have been waiting for the full release of this game for a long time and it didn’t disappoint. Between spatial exploration, interactive visual show, and raymarching wizardry, this is the result of Jesse Aidyn master’s thesis on video games experimentation (available here in French: https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/26504). I strongly recommend throwing […]