Mood Pieces: Kentucky Route Zero – Point and Click Goes Lynch
This instalment of Mood Pieces is about Kentucky Route Zero, which combines vaguely Lynchian magical realism, beautiful visuals and evocative soundscapes with point and click style gameplay. The game is out on Steam for PC and Mac.
Telltale’s The Walking Dead – Excellent Interpersonal Drama (With Zombies)
It’s not a secret that I’m a big time Telltale Games fan (although not of all of their games), so when I heard they were making a game out of The Walking Dead, I had really high hopes for the end result. To my great joy the first two episodes were simply excellent, but I had the vibe that they were building up to something rather spectacular for the third installment. Hoo boy, it’s great to be right.
Mood Pieces: Dear Esther – High Literature Meets 3D Gaming
This installment of Mood Pieces is about an experimental game called Dear Esther, which was originally published as a Source engine mod, but which is currently available from Steam for both PC and Mac. Dear Esther is an experimental game which manages to mix high literature with the motions of 3D gaming.