Wanderstop and Perverse Design

Ian here—

Wanderstop had already been announced at the time I made my video on auto-critical cozy games, so it was already a given that I would play it (especially given the talent involved in making it), and more than likely that I would also make a video on it. So here it is: a sequel of sorts to Un-cozy Games. I also mention to slip in some analysis of my old favorite Walden, a game, which Wanderstop ended up reminding me of quite a lot.

More videos to come in the coming months—I’m finally pushing out a bunch I’ve been working on simultaneously for awhile! Script for this one below the jump.

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SHAPE UP!: Un-cozy Games

Ian here—

This will be my last post of year year, slipping in the third episode of my Shape Up! video essay series before 2023 comes to a close.

Any longtime readers of the blog will know that I have a longstanding interest in what Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky has dubbed “the process genre,” applying her concept to games well before her book on the subject even came out. This is my first video essay to dabble in the subject, with a suite of all-new examples to chew over. (Be prepared for a surprisingly lengthy introduction about the historical reception of Jeanne Dielman for a video nominally about videogames.)

Full script below the jump. Happy (almost) new year, everyone!

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