Artsygamer
4 those who see(k) the art in games
MDK – a world of worlds of originality
Dec 29th
I tried hard to find a video that would do this game any kind of justice, but it is one of those things that just can’t be show with another art form (movies)… visually it has impressed me in sooooo many ways, surreal in colors, in experience, in subtle humor… it’s amazing how 3d rooms can be truly coreographed so that when moving through them they produce the effect of a hypnotic movement… so i chose this segment for tho colorful painted rooms, the loked within a painted world joke and i’ll also link to this mirrored hypnosis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyg92090zXA
as for other jokes to watch : worlds smallest atomic bomb and most interesting bomb (all enemies stare at it).
)Kane & Lynch 2 … memories
Dec 17th
I’m posting this though I’m not particularly drawn by the game because it is in the direction we hope to see gaming go: it’s human oriented, not technology oriented, it’s about feelings and down to earth, style (i like the light billboard & tree shadows occluding a bit)… it’s about content and creating human emotion, not points or achievements.
MTV retro mashup
Dec 3rd
A superb mix of ancient gaming memories brilliantly integrated even with… (no spoiler 
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nothing exciting this holiday?
Nov 30th
hmmm… maybe that’s the reason i haven’t been posting… i really don’t see anything exciting this holiday around. I mean it occured to me that it should be the round of thanks giving and christmas and i remember in other years i used to be drowning in super awesome games this time of the year… and sure, there is the financiar reasons too holding me back but … i still say it’s the games. I mean i COULD be playing on my quite capable pc at this time (needed it for work, no gaming reason), i even got a handy dandy xbox controller… but … why bother? for war shooters, multiplayer games and best case scenario strategy oriented multi character management rpgs? why bother. your’s truly, games nut. void
Whiteboard: Escapism
Nov 20th
Actually I’ve found while trying to design the perfect games in my mind that life is indeed the best made game out there, sublimely balanced to keep us constantly hooked, by some truly genius game designer… but I had to post this not only because it was a fascinating watch but because in both presentation and content it relates to what this website is about… showing that games can be deep/gamers aren’t the dumb ignorant people the media portrays them to be.
Assassin’s Creed II music
Nov 12th
While the concept of variety certainly does attract me the mention of the romance and contrast to the dark first game (which btw i don’t think was dark at all) brings to mind the second star wars movie in the new trilogy which I think i was very dissapointed with and just made me put my last hopes in for the 3rd.
Back to the topic on hand though: seems like some pretty high quality music. Too bad i’m not into chorals, but alwasys makes me happy to see such nice productions.
PS: is it just me or do the locations look too much the same?
Interstate ‘76, the atmosphere, the muzaaak
Nov 8th
I’m partial to car games in the sense that I’m quite not not enjoying them. Maybe it’s the fact that I never wanted to have a car and never got the excitement… so it happens that though i have tried several and indeed respect a lot the production values of many of them and could totally see why somebody would enjoy them very much I can only think of a couple that are closer to my heart (Carmageddon, I76, Burnout…), and they tend to be of the non-realistic type… this is about one of them:
Interstate 76 totally captured me with it’s story and most importantly it’s atmosphere. From radio chatter to vigilante attitudes & histories, and last but certainly not least: it’s groovy funky music… which is why I actually started writign this post and remembered I76: apparently there’s still a website/community surviving for this game, and that’s where I found a full downloadable mp3 soundtrack how cool is that?
http://www.interstate76.com/download/i76audio.htm
As for the game: if you can endure it’s super low polygon graphics (which you might say adds a very interesting style) and you are curious about a vigilante car game where a group of car enthusiasts do their own police-ing… give it a try. I remember when i was playing it I was impressed with the mission variety, from shooting out your window to mounting stuff in the garage & missions ranging from hunting to running away and everything in between… but yes, that was like more than 10 years ago, so think by those standards. Either way, worth mentioning the music which doesn’t age like that. (btw, I hope slowly games will slow their rapid aging process… though since even photoperfect movies do I doubt it will ever stop…)
PS: i kept searching for the install mp3 (i remember I saved it for years after playing it), it’s a fun mix with switching radio stations until it i think settles on the song that starts around minute 1 on this youtube clip