[EPILEPSY WARNING] Dak0ta was not the only piece by Young-Hae Chang. The drums and fast-paced, flashing narratives of her work returns in a piece known as BUST DOWN THE DOORS! Unlike Dak0ta, BUST DOWN THE DOORS! is available in four different versions, each with their own soundtrack. By changing viewpoints in the narratives and changing the soundtrack, Chang changes the…
Author: kdiemer54
Response to Ib
Asanixay previously posted about Ib on this blog. He mentioned that it was a horror game by kouri, where a little girl named Ib ventures into a strange art gallery. She meets unusual characters and tries to make her way back to the real world. It’s Alice in Wonderland, with all of the unnerving strangeness and none of the goofy…
No One Has To Die
No One Has To Die does not start with a title screen. There are no credits, or even a mention of the author (Stuart Madafiglio). Instead, this is the first screen the player sees: Two things can be surmised by looking at this screen. First, there will be decisions to make, and those decisions will have consequences – there are…
Clearance: An Exercise in Paranoia
In most of the video games I’ve played, I can trust the player character. The same goes for the books I’ve read, or the movies that I’ve watched. When the character mentions that someone is suspicious, I know I’m meeting a future villain. If they note the handsome or beautiful appearance of a person, I’m certain that person will be…
Letter to Linus: Postcards From the Future
“Letter to Linus” begins with a picture of an unfolded cube, with a phrase in each square. Like “Penetration” and “Dispossession” by Robert Kendall, the reader clicks on a phrase, which leads to a poem related to the phrase. When the reader has finished reading a poem, he or she chooses a phrase related to a verb at the end…