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Indie Games Reviews 31 – 03/24/2023
Loneliest Depth by Shallow Lagoon—https://shallow-lagoon.itch.io/loneliest-depths A dissociative disorder simulator concealed by an interactive fiction about oceanic depth terror. Bittersweet and uncanny. Dark Static by HENRY — https://henrymead.itch.io/dark-static The impossibility of erasing one’s existence. Waster Eater by cain — https://cmddx.itch.io/waste-eater A visually stunning game that channels the posthumanism of Haraway, Barad, and Katherine Hayles in the best possible […]
Continue readingDoctorat – Journal de bord – 16 mars 2023
Cette entrée de mon journal de bord doctoral est un texte remis dans le cadre du séminaire à propos du tournant performatif donné par Louis-Claude Paquin à l’automne 2022 (UQAM). Il s’agit d’un retour réflexif sur une performance d’une quinzaine de minutes livrée en classe. Je m’étais donné pour défi de produire un collage selon […]
Continue readingDrug Porn – New Blu-Ray + Zine
Drug Porn 65 minutes Professional Blu-Ray and 20 pages booklet by Steven Purtill Limited to 100 copies Available only through Scream & Writhe: https://www.screamandwrithe.com/product/dvd/drug-porn-blu-ray/ Trailer: https://vimeo.com/280818609 A film by Frederick Maheux Music by Bruno R. Julian Drug Porn is an experimental documentary about the spectacle of substance abuse on social media. In the context of […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 30 — 02/23/2023
Planet Graveyard by HamezTeam—https://hamezteam.itch.io/planet-graveyard One of the great titles born of LSDJAM 2022. The bittersweet atmosphere of fatalistic doom creeps through the digital fog, pushing you to explore the margins of this necrodome. Undertide by Jacob Potterfield—https://jpotterf.itch.io/undertide Another peculiar title of LSDJAM 2022. The aesthetic and narrative of Undertide totally blew me away. The colour palette and […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 29 — 01/27/2023
Concrete Tremor by Mike Klubnika—https://mikeklubnika.itch.io/concrete-tremor This odd sentiment when you don’t quite master your craft yet and you get incomprehensively jealous not having thought of someone else’s artwork yourself. This is precisely how I felt when I finished Concrete Tremor and it only became stronger after each subsequent play through. If I had to choose […]
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