Kissma stands out immediately as a very Japanese game. At first you’re barraged by pinks, yellows, retro pixel-art, and sounds that for some reason remind me of the Japanese band Polysics. A moment later (if you’re anything like me) you’re scratching your head asking yourself what’s real and what’s not.–Play This Thing!
Further reading: Edge, Indie Games
From Edge: a short interview with New York based artist and game designer Mark Essen, whose game Flywrench will appear at the New Museum‘s The Generational: Younger Than Jesus. An excerpt:
I’ve gotten more respect, and people know me now more, which has been useful and good. I’m getting game gigs, and that kind of stuff. For this show in particular, everyone has a lot to prove. A lot of people are ragging on how everyone’s just a young artist who really doesn’t know what they’re doing yet, and that maybe they don’t deserve that kind of attention. And yeah, it’s a different crowd to the gamer crowd, and maybe not as fun. I don’t know that I fit in. But I think that’s fine.
Consider that game design and learning aren’t magical happenings that exist outside of common sense and reasoning. Consider that learning anything well involves some exposure, experimentation, repetition, reflection, and even guidance. And consider that all of our experiences stack upon each other making up who we are, how we think, and how we understand everything else we experience. -
As my minutes at MTV come to an end, I’d like to share some experiences about my time covering games here for all the aspiring or thriving gaming reporters out there.
Totilo ran one of the better gaming blogs on the internet, and will assume the role of Deputy Managing Editor at Kotaku on May 4.
Hyakuretsukyaku (Lightning Kick), by Luke Chueh
” Jab, Strong, Fierce,” a Street Fighter tribute expo, will be showing at the Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra, California until May 11. Click the picture above to check out some of the other works currently on display.
(Hat tip: Game Set Watch)
