Category Archives: Devblog

I live in The Village, so why can’t I play The Prisoner?

By Mike | Published: February 20, 2011
“Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment, and will die here like rotten cabbages!” Being a player of games, I am often examining the works of fiction I enjoy in other mediums and wondering how they would fare in my beloved medium of the videogame. Rarely do I get the [...]
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Collision: Crafting Memories

By Mike | Published: July 10, 2010
“Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.” ~ Willa Sibert Cather “I’m in my tree talking to the Dixie Chicks and they’re making me feel better.” ~  Dawn Campbell (I Heart Huckabees) A little while ago I embarked on a project that was borne from a [...]
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Playing Monomania: A protagonist in the throes of madness

By Chr156r33n | Published: July 6, 2010
For those who have been keeping track of my work will Sleep is Death (located here) will know that I’ve become greatly interested in using Rohrer’s game-cum-improv-simulator as a platform to create a quasi-faithful recreation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Since it’s inception the idea of producing an adaptation of the novel has changed relatively [...]
Also posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged crime and punishment, Dante's Inferno, Jason Rohrer, Sleep is Death | 3 Comments

Is sleep conducive to death? Or more importantly, is Sleep is Death conducive to compelling storytelling?

By Chr156r33n | Published: May 2, 2010
There has been much writing about SiD since the early previews in March, from Anthony Burch on Destructoid, to a piece I wrote, basically gushing at how excited I was about the whole thing. But following its release on the 9th April (if you pre-ordered it that is), many have endeavoured to summarise the experience [...]
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