video games – Frederick Maheux

Doctorat – Journal de bord – 14 novembre 2022

Accompagnement musical : Death Aria – Lost Media Menial Rips—Medieval Science Fiction Je laisse ici des retailles qui ne seront pas utilisées, mais qui demeure des étapes importantes dans mes réflexions actuelles. Les citations sont trop longues, l’écriture manque de vernis, mais ce sont des idées que je compte bien revisiter et qui animent mon travail […]

Indie Games Reviews 21 – 05/12/2022

Press W To Move Forward by Nil Knight—https://nil-knight.itch.io/press-w-to-move-forward Game mechanics in perfect cohesion with a rhetoric of technocapitalist alienation and constant estrangement from immediate reality. Also an amazing aesthetic feat with mindbending visual and soundscape. They Speak From the Abyss Teaser Demo by Nikki Kalpa—https://thefifthkalpa.itch.io/they-speak-from-the-abyss-teaser-demo Look forward for the release of this title and offer […]

Indie Games Reviews 14 – 10/22/2021

Awe of Them by Food Without Taste—https://foodwithouttaste.itch.io/awe-of-them An interactive traversal of cosmic sacrificial ground architecture. Pure atmosphere of rust, darkness and concrete. Just like I enjoy my coffee. Bad Ben by Corpsepile – https://corpsepile.itch.io/bad-ben Exquisite constant tone switch from abstract horror, full-on domestic gore and hilarious bravado. This is mixed media aesthetic at its best. […]

Indie Games Reviews 13 – 09/11/2021

Darkness Under My Bed by Desert Fox—https://store.steampowered.com/app/1527880/Darkness_Under_My_Bed/ I haven’t felt this close of being added to an FBI watch list in my life. DUMB explodes the formula of DUMB: Treasure and Game for Anna in a childish hellscape layered with complex puzzles and mysteries. This is a thoroughly and constant experience of horror, not terror—Everything […]

Indie Games Reviews 10 – 08/11/2021

It’s Winter by ИЛЬЯМАЗО and sad3d – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003360/___ITS_WINTER/ I recommend this game as merchandise more than an experience. 10$ to wallow in a miserable Unity scene representing Russian suburban winter. I can’t think of something more in sync with Mark Fisher’s work. Enclosed by Ateliér Duchů – https://atelier-duchu.itch.io/enclosed Escher-esque puzzle platformer with some strong eerie […]