Indie Games Reviews 35 – 08/04/2023
C.H.A.I.N.G.E.D. by papercookies – https://papercookies.itch.io/chainged This follow-up to the brilliant collective game collection C.H.A.I.N. offers a unique design collaboration approach. This time amplified by diverging paths, the cadavre exquis sequencing of assets and narrative direction really highlights how video games can be a surrealist artistic framework in themselves. Experiences are uneven, but always exciting to dig […]
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Mass by phasein – https://phasein.itch.io/mass As all my recent projects explore the relationship between noise and interactive media, this is one I had to try, and it delivered. The hallucinatory spatial design is a joy to explore and hooks you in its pulsing vibe. It couldn’t only be better by being injected. I recommend jumping […]
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The Moon Is the Ocean Brain by Yames – https://www.patreon.com/yames_games Here it is if you need additional reasons to support Yames on Patreon. I won’t spoil the experience, but this is beyond brilliant game-making; this is the future of horror literature. Far Solita: [Think/Again] by Lucas Ângelo / Ahopness – https://ahopness.itch.io/far-solita Get territorialized by barebones […]
Continue readingAbsorption fœtale – Pulsion panspermique (2023)
Detailed file: http://www.frederickmaheux.com/absorption-foetale-pulsion-panspermique-2023/ New short film/music video from Un Regard Froid – Exophilie. The images invoked for the game still haunted me and I wanted to manipulate the raw material (and also get back momentarily into video editing and glitch art).
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Ens by JonaLouis—https://jonalouis.itch.io/ens Disorienting and cryptic exploration of Tsutomu Nihei-esque architecture. Ens is a spatial puzzle I failed to decipher in which seems to hide a horrific tragedy. The Last Spin by Sticc— https://stickhaha.itch.io/the-last-spin The best videogame adaptation of the film 13 Tzameti on the market. Video-Balls by videodream— https://videodream.itch.io/video-balls Therapeutic interactive datamoshing of soothing visuals. Cleaving […]
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