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or, the whale (AHMW #2)
2016Action
Looking for games like gold chocobo (AHMW #4)? Here are top action recommendations with a fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with or, the whale (AHMW #2), exchange of letters (AHMW #3) or post meridiem (AHMW #1).
A sixteen-page zine, collecting nine computational poems adapted from the first chapter of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. With each progressive poem the parameters of the algorithm are changed slightly, starting with a barely readable mash of characters and ending with something with diction which is recognizably Melville's own. It's recommended that these poems be read out loud—or at least attempt…
View GameA collaboration with Emma Stewart (itch, twitter). A sixteen-page zine, collecting nine computational poems. Each piece consists of a conversation between the authors conducted through Markov chain poetry. It's recommended that these poems be read out loud—or at least attempted to. about the series A Hive of Mechanical Wasps, a procedural poetry series:#1: post meridiem#2: or, the whale#3: exchang…
View GameA sixteen-page zine, collecting nine computational poems. Drawn from personal diary entries, the procedure of the Markov chain obscures and abstracts the writing into tone. about the series A Hive of Mechanical Wasps, a procedural poetry series:#1: post meridiem#2: or, the whale#3: exchange of letters (with Emma Stewart)#4: gold chocobo The Hive Bundle: Get Print + PDF copies of all the zines in t…
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View GameOpening the Horse is an approach to queer game design. The first part is a series of three zines that detail the approach. The second part is a series of three games that enact the approach. It was written by Matthew R.F. Balousek (itch, twitter). The cover illustration is by Sasha Reneau (website). Volume 0: A Manifesto for Lycanthropic Media attempts to distill the approach down into its simple…
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