Sitting in the Gardens of Vextro

poetry written while playing Gardens of Vextro, a chain of 8 games from vextro

Interview: ‘Birth’ Creator Madison Karrh

An interview with Madison Karrh about Birth, death and the puzzles, cities and organs we collect along the way.

Gamers like you and me

This next part is for you, connoisseur and journalist of games who throughout the main show has been bemoaning how none of it is any good. Now it’s time for you, wholesome game fan, to take the mantel of supporting one of the wobbling legs of the table by being enthusiastic about a flash game, a white domesticity simulator and a game where you create some sort of “stone age tribe” that is clearly an amalgam of stereotypes about indigenous peoples.

That thing to make the pain go away Didn’t work

Maybe I’ve just been in the wrong mood lately, but the games which have this sweet meanness supposedly at their core just haven’t soothed any of the existential dread that they normally do.

A is for Jump

A platformer tells us what could happen if jumping around like that was our bread and butter, and therefore opens us up to many variations on the idea.

First Land: It’s all About the Worm Really

Worms.

Time Loops All Over Again

You can’t come out of a loop the same way you went in. At least you’d hope so.

To the Moon: humiliating a Neurotypical wifeguy into happiness.

The thing about neurodivergence is that people really like to point out when you’re doing something differently. To the Moon is about being on the receiving end of that.

Sable (Demo): The Trouble with a Timeless Desert

My one wish for Sable was that it could escape the baggage of its aesthetic tradition. The demo makes me uncertain.

Review: Don’t Forget Me

A jazz-synth, cyber sci-fi game that puts its themes first.