“The Tender Cut,” a Surreal Game Inspired by “Un Chien Andalou”
Gone Home may have made exploration games look innovative and new, but they’re actually one of the oldest genres, whether they’re “escape the room” games or classic point-and-click adventure games or...
View Article“Journal” Is a Visually Stunning Journey Into a Teenage Girl’s Most Private...
The first thing that impressed me about Journal was its art style. Not knowing much about it, I picked it up anyway for that reason alone. I didn’t have any high expectations because indie games like...
View ArticleSurvive Amongst The Dinosaurs In The Adorably Retro “Theropods”
Theropods is a simple point-and-click adventure game about a cavewoman battling dinosaurs, but the game is surprisingly adorable. Our story opens when a peaceful evening at the neolithic campfire is...
View Article“Framed” Mixes Jazz, Noir, and Comic Books Into The Most Stylish Puzzle Game...
Excuse me for being a tad behind on app games. You see, I owned a Windows phone for the past year (I know, I know–it was those yellow Lumias that hypnotized me at the store) and couldn’t do anything on...
View ArticleBubloe’s Social Monsters Are the Best Way to Kill Time (and Each Other) Online
If you wanted to ask Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinska, who make up the Polish web design Hipopotam Studio, why they created Bubloe, the answer is not far from their homepage: “Because...
View Article“Weave,” an Abstract Journey Through a Colorful Subconscious
It was Weave‘s stunning visuals that caught my eye when I first stumbled across it a few days ago. I was looking for something silly and dumb to play with on my phone and ended up finding the complete...
View ArticleInteractive Web Series “Virtual Morality” Merges Horror With Satire
It’s officially October, which means the majority of my recs will be shamelessly biased toward horror. So you can imagine how happy I was when a web series geared as an “interactive murder mystery”...
View ArticleWill Love Tear Us Apart? According To This Game, It Will
There’s probably no song as cherished, as frequently covered, and as as heavily lauded as Joy Division’s post-punk classic “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Written by Ian Curtis in 1979 shortly before his...
View ArticlePlay An Old Woman Slowly Going Mad in “The Fifth Apartment”
The Yellow Wallpaper has already taught us what severe isolation can do to our mental state. The Fifth Apartment simply takes a creepier, more visual approach to the topic of deteriorating madness. And...
View ArticleWander an Extremely Creepy School in the Terrifying Horror Classic “White Day”
It’s Horror Week on (The) Absolute! We’re reposting some of our spookiest, creepiest recommendations every day leading up to Halloween. Enjoy! In celebration of Halloween, I managed to get ahold of a...
View ArticleComforting Mini Puzzler “Grow Recovery” Is A Game That Actually Boosts Your Mood
I loved the browser minigames GrowCube and GrowTower, so I was really excited to put eyezmaze’s new Grow Recovery on my phone. The basic premise of the Grow games is deciding how to add new items to...
View ArticleStunning Concept Art for “Genesis Noir,” a Game Inspired by Italo Calvino’s...
We haven’t played Genesis Noir yet because, well, it hasn’t been made yet. Currently in the blueprint stages, creators Evan Anthony and Jeremy Abel were inspired by literary stories and, of course,...
View ArticleRelive The Spiritual Journey Of A War Pilot In “OASES”
One of the most beautiful things about the age we live in is that we can express our emotions and imagination through any medium that our mind can think of. Years before any of us were alive, many who...
View ArticleCritique Art in the Afterlife In “Nekrolog”
Waking up next to the trash can with a giant bottle and a container of pills, I can only assume that last night didn’t go very well. I look outside to see sections of apartments dancing outside and...
View Article“Loot Hound” Is Everything Fun About Having A Dog With No Cleanup
Back in September this year my family adopted their first purebred puppy and it has been a pretty crazy experience so far. Teaching her to go to the bathroom outside, not to jump up on every person out...
View ArticleFloat Through the Space of Human Consciousness in “Rememoried”
Many first-person narrative experiences have started being labeled as “walking simulators” as more games of the same type start appearing on services like Steam and itch.io. Even consoles are starting...
View Article“Pony Island” Is Not Your Typical Pony Jumping Arcade Game
As 2016′s first month opens up we’re looking forward to the excited works coming from some of our favorite creators. I’m personally excited for No Man’s Sky, The Neon Demon, and Sunset Park, but what...
View ArticleDrive On the Political Roads of Italy in “Wheels of Aurelia”
Driving creates so many sensory memories, or at least descriptions of those sensory memories that can change depending on when and where a person is driving. Whether it’s the street lamps rushing past...
View ArticleNo, Seriously. Don’t Skip “Monument Valley”
Monument Valley. Are you playing this? You probably should be. This mobile game from ustwo has been out for a while, but the description of it as a casual puzzler kept me expecting yet another...
View ArticleDecide Whether Rover Lives or Dies in the Surprisingly Clever “Animal Inspector”
The signs were clear; everyone tried to warn us. Whether it was our friendly game show host Bob Barker telling us to neuter our pets, or Mickey Rourke telling us to “have the cojones” to fix our dog....
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