![]() The Orchid Collector (Fantasia Malware, 2020) Jira: “somewhere between the 8th and 9th floor” by ayaĬhloê: the Merlin bird identification app and Australian birds (especially these ones) Jira also hosts the podcast, New Genesis Online. You can learn more about Fantasia Malware and subscribe to their mailing list on their website. They crowded into KRITIQAL’s digital podcast booth to discuss grotesque beauty, games as instruments, and creating art that can’t be wiki-fied. Half Earth Socialism (game), Half Earth Socialism (book), and Half Earth Socialism (political theory)įantasia Malware - comprised of Jira Trello (she/her), Chloê Langford (she/her), and Gabriel Helfenstein (he/him) - are an experimental game label specializing in mega-maximalist un-game performance art. Son La: the sports park with the green roof (you know the one) where baby lambs mow the lawn.įrancis: being in Berlin and appreciating how walkable/bikable the city is. You can learn more about Son La Pham and Francis Tseng on their personal sites. You can play Half Earth Socialism for free and purchase the book from Verso. As part of the game’s launch, Son La and Francis joined me on the show to discuss how the collaboration began, the challenge of building a global planning simulator as a browser game, and the importance of going beyond raw calculations to allow players to become emotionally invested. In collaboration with utopian collective Trust, designer Son La Pham (he/him) and developer Francis Tseng (he/they) created Half Earth Socialism (2022), a browser game companion to Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass’s book of the same name. ![]() The Indiepocalypse Pledge Drive (happening through July 2022! Support it!!) ![]() The Queer Games Bundle 2022 (available until July 6th 2022! Buy it!!) Occult Spreadsheet Synthesizer (spiders, 2021)Ĭursed List of Jungle Tilesets as Narrated by Werner Herzog (spiders and krisekrise, 2021) ![]() Space Funeral 3D (spiders and krisekrise, 2021) Playing Disco Elysium (2019, ZA/UM) as a weekly social book clubįlight Simulator 20XX Infinity (spiders, 2020) You can find spiders behind you, play their games on itch, and follow them on Twitter Cool Thing to Share In this episode, we chat about their upcoming anthology game, The Museum of Radically Obsolete Futures, the tension between wanting to make shit that’s cool vs shit that sells, and how vital communities like The Queer Games Bundle are to the weird game scene. Spiders (they/them) are an alt game dev specializing in queer, grimy, anti-tech industry experiments. You can find Adam’s games and tools on itch, and follow him on Twitter Cool Things to Shareīread + Puppet’s “Why Cheap Art” manifesto Later, we discuss how Bitsy’s form sets in in opposition to conventional, capital driven games and software, the importance of the engine’s community, and how to preserve these games against the forces of tech oligarchies. Just shy of Bitsy’s six-year birthday, Adam came on the show to talk about Bitsy’s unassuming origins and surprising evolution as part of the tiny games scene. If you enjoyed the show, consider sharing it with a loved one and supporting Kritiqal on Ko-Fi.Īdam Le Doux (he/him) is a game and software developer best known for creating the tiny game engine, Bitsy. It's available on Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get podcasts. Kritiqal Care is produced by me, Nate Kiernan, with music by Desired. "Growing up and growing old in Wayward Strand" by Stephanie Harkin Jason: the curiosity and joy of his 2-year-old daughter Goldie: her gratitude towards the Ghost Pattern team for all their work Goldie and Jason's Inspiring Things to Share You can follow Goldie, Jason, and Ghost Pattern on Twitter and (respectively). Wayward Strand releases September 15th, 2022 on Steam, Playstation 4/5, Xbox One/Series, and Nintendo Switch. Two of its developers, Goldie Bartlett (she/her) and Jason Bakker (he/him), joined me on this episode to dive into the game's origins, how the continuous in-game clock allows for new forms of storytelling, and how collaborating with indigenous and mental health advocacy groups helped the team write richer, more honest characters. Wayward Strand (Ghost Pattern, 2022) is an upcoming adventure game which follows Casey - a teenager and aspiring journalist - as she explores a hospital airship floating above the Australian country-side.
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