Posts tagged thatgamecompany
Visiting the Fantastic Fest Arcade
Oct 22nd
I almost stumbled upon Fantastic Fest completely by accident. Even though I’m on the fabled Alamo Drafthouse newsletter, I somehow missed the fact that there was a big, dorky exhibition going on just down the street from me in late September. At first I assumed it was only a film festival, but then I heard about the Fantastic Fest Arcade: a small, free exhibition of indie games.
These weren’t just obscure tech demos or proof-of-concept exhibits, although those would’ve been cool too. There were some big-name games and developers on-site, including Polytron’s upcoming 3D-meets-2D platformer, Fez, and thatgamecompany’s (Flow, Flower) upcoming experimental cooperative game, Journey. And a game called Octodad about a “loving father, devoted husband, [and] secret octopus.”
So of course I had to go.
Review: Flower (PSN)
Mar 31st
Just a heads-up: this is going to be brief. The less I say about Flower, the better. Read the rest of this entry »