Quantcast

Call for Papers: PopMatters Celebrates The Jam in Massive Special Section

Moving Pixels Podcast: More Great Flash Games for 2011

We discuss three flash titles that feature anxious video game worlds in progress, scary mommy AIs, and, of course, the hungry zombie hordes.

This week G. Christopher Williams and Nick Dinicola form a dynamic duo of flash game playin’, flash game analyzin’, and flash game discussin’ excitement.


We take a look at three of 2011’s more interesting releases, Jonas Kyratzes’s Alphaland, Thomas Brush’s Skinny, and Sarah Northway’s Rebuild.  Two of the titles are platformers and one is a turn-based strategy game, and they feature anxious video game worlds in progress, scary mommy AIs, and, of course, the hungry zombie hordes.
  
If you want to play along as you listen (or better yet, before you listen), you can find Alphaland and Skinny at New Grounds.  Look for Rebuild over at Kongregate.


 

This podcast is also available via iTunes.


 

More discussion of these flash titles:


Defining Our Relationship to the Software: Jonas Kyratzes’s Alphaland by G. Christopher Williams


In the Grip of the Paternal: Thomas Brush’s Skinny by G. Christopher Williams


Rebuild, a Game about Zombies and the Economy by G. Christopher Williams


Experiencing Waking: Thomas Brush’s Coma by G. Christopher Williams


 

Our podcast contributors:


G. Christopher Williams is the Multimedia Editor at PopMatters.com.  You can find his weekly updates featured at the Neuromance blog.


Nick Dinicola is also a regular contributor to the Moving Pixels blog.


 

You can follow the Moving Pixels blog on Twitter.

Comments
Now on PopMatters
Short Ends and Leader: 'Battleship': What Did You Expect?
'Battleship': What Did You Expect? (Short Ends and Leader) [Mon, 2:00 pm]
East Meets Least: 'Thirteen Women' (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 4:00 pm]
'Man to Man' is an Early Talkie that's Not Stagey at All (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 4:00 pm]
Calling Out to Carroll...Baker: 'Bridge to the Sun' (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 4:00 pm]
Early Summer 2012 New Music Playlist (Mixed Media) [Fri, 12:00 pm]
Paranormal (Radio)Activity: 'Chernobyl Diaries' (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 11:00 am]
'Men in Black 3' Looks Back, Again (Reviews) [Fri, 9:20 am]
Poliça: 11 May 2012 - Rochester, NY (Reviews) [Fri, 6:25 am]
'The Witcher 2' Does the Exposition Dump Right (Moving Pixels) [Fri, 6:00 am]
  1. The Top 10 Overplayed Songs You Hate by Artists You Love (Sound Affects)
  2. Tea with 'Sherlock': Investigating the Investigators (Features)
  3. Sunk? This 'Battleship' Stunk! (Short Ends and Leader)
  4. Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix (Reviews)
  5. Top Ten Lost Midwest Punk Singles (Sound Affects)
  6. 20 Questions: Kate Bornstein (Features)
  7. 10 Pieces of Cinematic Art That Require Revisiting (Short Ends and Leader)
  8. Like 'Doom', In Heels (Moving Pixels)
  9. Punk Rock's Pet Sounds: An Interview with Bomb the Music Industry! (Features)
  10. She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer (Features)
  11. Counterbalance No. 82: U2's 'Achtung Baby' (Sound Affects)
  12. 'Albatross': A Not-So-Weighty Coming-of-Age Meets Mid-Life-Crisis Film (Reviews)
  13. Counterbalance No. 83: The Stooges' 'Fun House' (Sound Affects)
  14. We Will Avenge Them Or… Be Avenged?: The Individual in the US Experience (Features)
  15. Go Goth!: Ranking the Burton/Depp Collaborations (Short Ends and Leader)
  16. The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer (Features)
  17. Best Coast: The Only Place (Reviews)
  18. The Best Canadian Records of the Year? The Fun Agony of Voting for the Polaris Prize Long List (Sound Affects)
  19. Flash Points: Mommy's Breast, Marriage Equality and Why Chipotle Is King (Features)
  20. Something’s Wrong with the Black Widow! (Graphic Novelties)
  21. Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (Columns)
  22. Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music (Reviews)
  23. Sherlock Holmes, Dirk Gently and the Case of the Eccentric Detective (Columns)
  24. Early Summer 2012 New Music Playlist (Mixed Media)
  25. In Support of Supports (Moving Pixels)
  26. In Defense Of... Rock Radio: A Force in Popular Culture (Columns)
  27. Flash Points: Chicks, Sluts and Facebook (Features)
  28. The Cult: Choice of Weapon (Reviews)
  29. Willie Nelson: Heroes (Reviews)
  30. Garbage: Not Your Kind of People (Reviews)
PM Picks
Announcements
Ratings

10 - The Best of the Best

9 - Very Nearly Perfect

8 - Excellent

7 - Damn Good

6 - Good

5 - Average

4 - Unexceptional

3 - Weak

2 - Seriously Flawed

1 - Terrible

© 1999-2012 PopMatters.com. All rights reserved.
PopMatters.com™ and PopMatters™ are trademarks
of PopMatters Media, Inc.

PopMatters is wholly independently owned and operated.
PopMatters is a member of BUZZMEDIA Music, MOG and Guardian Select.