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[abdiel]

Last night, I played a game unlike any other game I’ve ever played. It’s only about a megabyte, is an executable without an install process, and plays for exactly five minutes. I hesitate to mention it or recommend it, but in a way, I can’t help recommending it. Some people won’t understand it, some will hate it, and for everyone else, it will be

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[adupont]

The author, Jason Rohrer, is now doing a monthly game/column for The Escapist.

[inhumandecency]

That really was a great game. I feel older.

What does it say about me that I never paid any attention to the treasure chests, and didn't figure out that they were part of a complicated mechanic? I noticed that some of them gave me a star, but it didn't seem important to me. I just walked along with my wife in the wide-open north. When she died it looked like I was pretty much finished too, so I stopped walking forward and just paced around in place so that we ended up buried side by side. It created a deep melancholy, but at the same time I feel like I got a happy ending.

[inhumandecency]

Also, have you considered that (at least from an outsider's perspective) your life is going very well by the artist's standards?

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[anonymous]

Great job on the blog, it looks great. I am going to bookmark it and will make sure to check back weekly