Mood Pieces: LIMBO – The Scariest Art Platformer You Will Play
This installment of Mood Pieces is about LIMBO, originally an Xbox Live Arcade puzzle-platformer from Playdead Games that is now out on PlayStation 3 and Steam – and which manages to be the scariest game I’ve played in ages.
Zoo City and Moxyland – Cyberpunk With a Fresh Twist
A couple of months ago I ran into an article lamenting the poor visibility of female authors in the field of sci-fi, especially new ones. It made me go “Pfft, that can’t be right! Of course there’s a lot of new female sci-fi authors I know, like… umm… uh oh.” This was definitely a situation that required fixing. I have a lot of sci-fi and fantasy fans in my (online) circles, so I posed them a question: give me your list of the most interesting female sci-fi authors from the last 10 years.
I got a bunch of names, and amongst them a couple of strong suggestions to check out Lauren Beukes‘ Zoo City and Moxyland. That turned out to be the most interesting dose of cyberpunk I’ve read in ages.
Mood Pieces: The Modern God Gaming of “From Dust”
Mood Pieces is a new recurring feature, where I introduce and review games that make an impression on me with their atmosphere, mood or theme.
The first game in the series is a game called From Dust, which I first became aware through a Penny Arcade comic. Having been a Populous and Black & White fan, the idea of a modern god game intrigued me immediately. From Dust is available in Xbox Live Arcade, and later on it will be published in PlayStation Network and OnLive. The guy behind the game is Eric Chahi, whose previous work includes a true classic, Another World.
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