Indie Game ‘Best Month Ever!’ Navigates Single Motherhood
Indie game Best Month Ever! challenges players to navigate single motherhood – including illness and low wages – in a ruthless capitalistic and patriarchal society.
adventure game
Found in Translation: A Journey into Adventure Game Heaven’s Vault
In the adventure game Heaven’s Vault, learning an ancient language is akin to discovering and shaping history; you decide how it is written and interpreted.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes to ‘Detention’
Nick and Eric got sent to detention and missed Halloween, but they escaped their classroom just in time to talk about the Taiwanese horror game Detention.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Gets Caught Up in ‘A Case of Distrust’
In this edition, we dig into the detective point-and-click text adventure A Case of Distrust, and investigate what makes it good, but not great.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Discusses the ‘Circular’ Series
This month Nick and Eric discuss the economics of robot sentience in Subsurface Circular and the tricky trust issues of alien first-contact in Quarantine Circular.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Spends a ‘Night in the Woods’
This month, Nick and Eric spend a Night in the Woods facing down the cosmic horrors of economic disenfranchisement.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Visits ‘Tacoma’
This week, Nick and Eric talk about the cyberpunk, blue collar future of Tacoma.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Discovers ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’
This week, Nick and Eric dive deep into the cursed family history of the Finch family.
Moving Pixels Podcast: Tales from the Borderlands Episode 3 – Catch a Ride
This week we discuss more hijinks from Tales from the Borderlands.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Goes ‘Full Throttle’
The violence and bravado of biker culture meets the careful logic of the adventure game in the Lucas Arts classic Full Thottle.
Kathy Rain: A Detective Is Born
Kathy Rain is Twin Peaks by way of Sue Grafton.
‘Herald’ Attempts the Troubled Waters of the Colonial Narrative
The “colonialism” at play is not between nations, rather it seems more interested in how it influences a man recently come of age.