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Journey to madness again with 'alarmingly these are not lovesick zombies'
We're pleased as punch about the burgeoning indie gaming scene, and we're sure you are too. We bet you probably have your favorite developer who's out there on the edge, pushing the boundaries of what we consider a video game to be. So here's a newsflash: Your guy is nowhere near the edge, if they live in the same reality as Jason Nelson. Jason Nelson makes Jonathan Mak and Phil Fish look like the guys who made Blinx.If you still have your wits about you after the experience, you might remember Nelson's last project: Game, Game, Game and Again Game. Astoundingly, he managed to come up with an even better title for the follow up: alarmingly these are not lovesick zombies. This time, he tries his hand at a shooter of sorts with predictably reality-bending results. What? He's trying to make a point about the nature of the video game industry too? Shh, you'll ruin it for everybody else.
Flash game offers doorway into madness
The above is not a screenshot. It's a portal into insanity. Seriously, we're not even sure that you want to click it, lest you lose your already tenuous grip on reality; for that is the price of Game, Game, Game and Again Game, the weirdest thing that's ever happened to us. We know that sounds like hyperbole, but we don't know what else to call a "game" that forces you to collect hand-drawn syringes, represents your score with spinning arrows and punishes you for dying by replacing your "character" with the words "Not Alive" as a disembodied voice chants "C'mon and meet your maker." Also, one of the game's alternate titles is belief systems are small clumsy rolling-type creatures. So ... yeah, it's a singular experience to say the least, but if you can get past the weirdness you'll see the game mocking video game conventions and the very nature of man ... simultaneously. Designer Jason Nelson is either the next Miyamoto or the next Ted Kaczynski. The jury's still out.[Thanks, Jackson F.]
