Trial of Fame: Papers, Please

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What is “Trial of Fame”? “Trial of Fame” is our series of articles in which authors and friends of our blog play a ‘cult game’ for the first time in their lifes and tell us about the experience. With this,…
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Trash the Planet

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“Trash the Planet” by This Game Is Haunted (Nick Cummings, Ben Morgan, Sarah Morgan, Bryan Brunt & Chris Balcom). “[A resource management] game that subverts clicker mechanics to serve its narrative rather than manipulate the …
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Ludum Dare 46: Keep Her Light

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“Keep Her Light” by Florence Noé, Jérôme Audo, Edward Clombe, Rémi Blanc, Elsa Tharel & Fabien Cocheteux. “Olivia, why [can you not] see me[?] Why [can you not] hear me[?] I [will not] give up, I have …
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Suzerain

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“Suzerain” by Torpor Games (Ata Sergey Nowak, Ilke Karademir, Ozgun Kilit, James Spence & Ipek Unal) & Fellow Traveller. “As President Rayne, lead Sordland into ruin or repair in your first term. Navigate a political …
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Wash Your Hands

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“Wash Your Hands” by Dean Moynihan & Leafcuts. “On the 11th of March 2020 a global pandemic was declared. This is a live [visualization] of the death toll from COVID-19. Each grave stone represents an actual life lost.” The …
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Paper Brexit

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“Paper Brexit” by Greg Buchanan, G.C. Baccaris, Seb Peters & Anthony Gambino. “The police watch you. The journalists whisper. Your wife and children, [they are] missing. You just need all this to go away… In this game, …
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The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place

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“The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place” by Studio Oleomingus (Dhruv Jani & Sushant Chakraborty), Salil Bhayani, Mateus Domingos & Suparna Chakraborty. “Mir [Umar Hassan] […] lamented [the] willful and violent erasure of an ancient town and in a …
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Quick-Change

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“Quick-Change” by EmSun. “[A] short narrative about a trans kid making new friends, getting a crush, getting in trouble, and joining the school musical in the extraordinarily gendered hell that is (private, christian) middle school. [The game is] made for …
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