When asked if “Proteus” was a video game, creator Ed Key replied, “I call it a game with extra qualifiers.” While this response seems vague, this is perhaps the most accurate description categorizing “Proteus,” considering the obscure definition of video game. “Proteus” exists in the space between visual art and Read More…
Scribblenauts Unlimited” attempts to turn childhood imagination into reality. Name any object, possibly with some adjectives, and “Scribblenauts Unlimited” will recreate it in its world, with its expected behaviors and properties. It is a huge sandbox that is both a toy and a mix of complex systems, which intermingle with Read More…
“No one is safe in “The Walking Dead.” Unlike the power fantasies zombie-related media typically induce, Telltale’s “The Walking Dead” is about dreadful choices; forced, dysfunctional relationships and the clash between Darwinist survival and civilized morality in the zombie apocalypse. As resources inevitably run low and tensions rise, the choices Read More…
“Hotline Miami” is a game about murder. Unlike most games on the market, it does not attempt to sanitize its violence. Bodies pile up as you viciously murder everyone in your path. Floors become painted with blood, along with smashed-in faces and stray limbs. It surpasses Rockstar North’s “Manhunt” in Read More…
In the world of robotics and 3-D computer animation, the “uncanny valley” refers to the point where human replicas look so uncannily similar to humans such that they become unsettling to the eye. Because the replica is so accurate, any small flaw in the details stick out like a sore Read More…