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In a rare occurence of sanity, the goverment of the United States of America has decided to stand by a DMCA exemption for online games. This way museums are able to preserve online games. A tricky business which includes loads of client & server code. The latter is most of the times only available to […]
Animated short scored by Flying Lotus, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe.
When I first discovered Vaporwave, it struck a cord with me. The use of colours and images that referred to a bygone era of 90’s that never was. A hyper reality of history if you will. Years on, the genre is still alive. though many have declared it dead multiple times. But beyond just the […]
The games of Mario & Luigi always lacked a certain motivation. Most of the times it based itself in a fairly standard plot of run and save things. Never to stop and think about the surroundings and the weird juxtaposition of a plumber in a mushroom kingdom. Ennuigi, does just that. Take on Luigi as […]
When you see something like this. You just know you have to play it. Trippy Rollerskating Game Is The Perfect Dreamcast Tribute “Make the games you wish to see on the Dreamcast.” The quote is placed dead center on the website for Arcane Kids, creators of the absurdist Sonic Dreams Collection. Their game Zineth […]
It is most wonderful to see that people have turned this myth into a game. Someone Made A Video Game Where You Play As Sisyphus Sometimes, you just can’t win. Sisyphus is an absurdist game by George Prosser that recreates the well known Greek myth into a frustrating button masher. It’s this week’s Indie Pick. […]
Never knew Alpha Protocol was this interesting. Time to pick up a copy. The making of Alpha Protocol, Obsidian’s secret best RPG Imagine a glitzy cinematic sequence where you, as a secret agent, fight your way through an aeroplane soaring through the sky. You’re pressing button prompt… Source: www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-06-the-making-of-alpha-protocol-obsidians-secret-best-rpg
Over on Huck there is a nice column on the working class fetish going on. It’s a good read that refers us back to not judging the books by their covers. Privileged kids need to stop fetishising working class culture Sure, these guys embrace working class culture when it’s en vogue, but while retaining their […]
Actually, synesthesia in all of its forms is quite common. Chances are that you might know of someone with it a form of synesthesia. Not all are as vivid as this. Artist With Rare Synesthesia Condition Can See Music And Paints Famous Songs When artist Melissa McCracken listens to music, she actually sees it, too. […]
Teaser: https://youtu.be/OLG3VLiNnlw GamesIndustry.biz has an interview up with Square Enix about the reasoning for the remake Why Square Enix Collective is resurrecting Fear Effect
Photos of San Francisco’s underground in the 90s Dave Schubert reflects on his craziest memories of the late Dash Snow and shares rarely-seen images of New York and San Francisco’s graffiti scenes Source: www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/36955/1/dave-schubert-photos-of-nycs-underground-in-the-90s
Flying Lotusâ Kuso Is the Most Vile Body Horror Film Ever Made | Pitchfork A visual orgy of pus and perversion that you probably couldnât sit through even if you wanted to. Source: pitchfork.com/thepitch/flying-lotus-kuso-film-review/
Intimate Photos From the Golden Age of Silicon Valley Doug Menuez spent 15 years photographing what many call the golden era of Silicon Valley. Source: www.wired.com/2014/11/doug-menuez-fearless-genius/
The teenager who beat the blues with a DIY skate paradise In the frozen heartland of Finland, Jaakko Saavalainen’s DIY attitude proves that anywhere can become a skate utopia – as long as you put in the work. Source: www.huckmagazine.com/ride/skate/jaakko-finland-diy-skate-park/
“When Sega put its resources into something, you knew it would be special,” says developer Brandon Sheffield, whose driving game, Oh Deer, was influenced by OutRun. “Sega’s games feel like they take place in a real world, and that’s more important to me than any raw or rough edges the games may have. For me, […]