DARK MEADOW and the Monologue Conundrun

We shouldn’t like monologues – particularly in games. Games are about agency. They are about the player acting out its desires. Monologues are contrary to that spirit of agency permeating games. They enforce passiveness and reflection. Above all, monologues are intrusive. Unlike cutscenes, one cannot skip a monologue happening in-game.

And yet here is Dark Meadow! A game that basically works as a one-man show, with a comedian stand-up hoping to entertain our protagonist with his musings via loudspeaker – and it’s captivating!

Infinity Blade Hits Arcades This Month

Arcades remain in my heart as something to freaking do on a boring weekday night, so the announcement of Infinity Blade hitting arcades is music to my ear holes. The arcade version of fantastic mobile game running on the iOS