Cookie’s Bakery will have you following recipes to make some goodies for the kindly folks of a small town, hopefully bringing joy to their faces.
Tag: narrative
‘When the Past Was Around’ – A Game of Grief, Sadness, & Moving On
I spent a lot of 2020 playing and writing about games that dealt with loss and grief, but even then I wasn’t quite prepared for the story that would unfold in When…
IGP’s Game of the Year 2020 – ‘If Found…’
If Found… moves forward by erasing diary entries, literally eradicating the past. Through this, it shows the beauty and healing that can come from destroying what you used to be.
IGP’s Must Plays of 2020 – ‘The Outcast Lovers’
The Outcast Lovers asks us to think about what we would really risk to save someone else. Would we endanger ourselves to protect a vulnerable person?
IGP’s Must Plays of 2020 – ‘The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother’
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother offers us a stirring look at the tangled feelings we have for those who’ve passed on, exploring the complexities of grief.
IGP’s Must Plays of 2020 – ‘When The Past Was Around’
When The Past Was Around takes us through a relationship, in love and in destruction, exploring it through wordless puzzles and beautiful places.
‘Rainy Season’ Spends a Quiet Day With Your Family
You were supposed to go to an amusement park, but some precipitation means you’ll be spending the day inside with your folks in Rainy Season.
‘The Change Architect’ – A High-Tension Experience in Guiding a Protest
A force is seizing control of the country. The police are rioting. And you’re doing your best to guide a protest safely throughout all this in The Change Architect.
‘Ghost in the Pool’ Offers Unsettling Sights on a Haunted Swim
Ghost in the Pool takes players to the school swimming pool for a little nighttime dip. Shame the pool is full of all manner of disturbing, but striking black and white horrors.
‘What Comes After’ is About Thoughtful Chats With the Newly-Departed
What Comes After plunks you down on a train to the afterlife (although you’re alive and not supposed to be there). May as well talk to folks on the ride.