For me, paintings and other images are a visual cue to a longer narrative. They’re a kick to the imagination, not an end unto themselves. When I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art the other week, I couldn’t help but see other stories in the paintings. In fact, I saw videogames everywhere I looked.
Some of these paintings directly influenced game developers. Others are just uncanny coincidence. (more…)
On Friday night, I went to one of the first Australian screenings of Indie Game: The Movie. It was a superb and polished (if just a little by-the-numbers) documentary about the trials and tribulations of Phil Fish as he creates Fez, and Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes of Team Meat as they complete work on Super Meat Boy. The movie is also peppered with occasional insights from Braid developer Jonathan Blow. (more…)
Earlier in the summer, I called out to Team Unwinnable to find out what classic games they most wanted to see remade. The result was supposed to be a nice list style piece, but then Chuck said something along the lines of, “I would rather have something new like Shadow Complex than a reskin of Bad Dudes any day.”
With that remark, the piece died on the vine, but I also started to realize something – that a growing number of downloadable games, Shadow Complex included, are more creative, compelling and visually exciting, by a large margin, than many of their big budget counterparts. (more…)
For the first time in any official capacity, I have declared a videogame better than all the others that have been released in a particular year. Now if I can just get people to believe me…
Regardless, I present to you the Best Videogames of 2008.
