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400 DAYS (Matt Osterman, 2015)
400 Days is a true classic of the eerie, it makes it easily into my top 10 of the last years. I consider that it carries and brings to fruition the unspoken space program preparation doom of such Cold War era classics as Outer Limits or Twilight Zone. The weird is palpable – oozing, leaking…
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The Man in the High Castle (TV series season 1&2 after 1962 book by Philip K Dick)
Arguably The Man in the High Castle is the TV series of a particular alternate moment in our history. It is as if the popularity this series enjoys is just one facet of a constant up-swell, not only a dilation of the Overton Window that now celebrates identity politics, but also a genuine ‘hyernormalization’ of nationalism, islamophobia,…
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Top Games of 2014
NAISSANCE NaissanceE is a first person exploration PC game developed on UDK by Limasse Five with the participation ofPauline Oliveros, Patricia Dallio and Thierry Zaboitzeff. NaissanceE is available on Steam. NaissanceE is an adventure taking place in a primitive mysterious structure. The game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of…
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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery
I really loved this game, one of the best I played lately. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery is an indie adventure game with stylish pixelated aesthetics and an excelent sound design. The story revolves around a Scythian who travels through the countryside near the Caucasus Mountains on a quest. See video below.
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The Last Express 1997
Set on the Orient Express in 1914, the player takes on the role of Robert Cath, an American doctor on the train’s final journey from Paris to Constantinople (modern Istanbul) before World War I. Cath, already wanted by French police as he is suspected of the murder of an Irish police officer, is contacted urgently by his old friend Tyler Whitney, to join him on the Orient Express, gateway…
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VVVVVV
VVVVVV is a VVVVVVery nice indie game with a minimal and elegant design and a sci-fi story. It’s unusual gameplay – gravity reversing is the only way to get over obstacles – will definitely challenge your game playing automatisms.
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Watch this awesome indie game trailer for Primordia
WadJet Eye games is a game developer and publisher for indie adventure games that is climbing fast as one of the publishers i’m most fond of. First with the Blackwell series, than with Gemini Rue and this year’s Resonance and now they do it again with Primordia witch looks like it’s gonna be one of…
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Blackwell Quadrilogy
I just finished playing Blackwell Deception, for some year now i’ve delighted myself with this indie retro-adventure game saga that keeps on getting better and better. It’s about a young aspiring writer (Rosangela Blackwell/Rosa) who after her aunts death finds out that she is a medium and must help ghosts move on from the real…