Friday, August 19 2011
‘Grey Story’: A Boy, a Girl, and Invisibility
Like a short story, flash games have the advantage of being able to really focus on a singular theme or simple emotional expression. By that definition, Grey Story is the video game equivalent of a short story.
Wednesday, August 17 2011
‘Rebuild’, a Game about Zombies and the Economy
The supernatural isn’t so much scary here as the kinds of things currently haunting the American and European consciousness that are truly terrifying: a crumbling economy and infrastructure.
Monday, May 23 2011
Moving Pixels Podcast: 2011 Flash Game Round Up
The Moving Pixels podcast discusses a few of this year's flash game releases, including High Tea, Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars, and The Man with the Invisible Trousers.
Wednesday, May 18 2011
Defining Our Relationship to the Software: Jonas Kyratzes’s ‘Alphaland’
In order to play, the player needs the game, and in order to exist as a game, the game needs to be played.
Monday, January 12 2009
This is a Cry for Help
Edmund McMillen's collection shows the slow shift from just making games with an artistic edge, through the indie scene, and to the subsequent art games that are starting to become popular now.
Thursday, October 2 2008
Flash Game: Storyteller
I found this flash game thanks to Play This Thing!.
Wednesday, March 12 2008
game, game, game, and again game
game, game, game, and again game isn't so much a game trying to be art as it is a work of art borrowing from games.
