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  • Sneak peak of the B.U.T.T.O.N. EP

    Nifflas has been hard at work transforming the B.U.T.T.O.N. soundtrack into a standalone EP. He just finished! And of course it’s fantastic. We’re so excited to release it to the public. We’ll be selling the EP along with the full game, which we’re releasing for both Xbox Live Indie and PC (Windows) very soon. Stay…

  • Toast Master

    B.U.T.T.O.N. wasn’t the only “project” we showed at IndieCade this year. Last year, I had so much fun co-designing and running Fuck You, It’s Art! that this year we resolved to start some similar game-related hi-jinx. Along with our compatriots Christoffer Holmgård and Benedikte Mikkelsen from Duck and Cover Games, we organized a silly game…

  • The Copenhagen Game Collective went to the US of A! Part 2

    [singlepic id=348 w=500 float=] Culver City, brutalized! (Part 1 here) After our stint in NYC, we headed west to California to attend IndieCade 2010, to showcase B.U.T.T.O.N. It was our third IndieCade in a row! But as I mentioned a few weeks ago, this year had a special significance for us, given that we had…

  • Brutally Unfair Game Bash at Babycastles!

    Are you going to be in NYC on Saturday evening, October 2? Join us for a “Brutally Unfair Game Bash” at Babycastles in Queens!: (Higher res version here). We’ve planned the event together with our friend, NYC-based game artist Zach Gage. I’m very happy to announce that both Katherine Isbister and Frank Lantz are going…

  • Weekly Music Tip: C-Beams

    Sick! It’s gotta be a Blade Runner reference, right? It’s been a strong year for Pariah.  I also really like the Detroit Falls/Orpheus record from earlier in the year.

  • Against the myth of the lone genius

    Check out this fun article in Slate questioning the myth of the lone genius (also known as the “auteur”). Money quote: The shift in understanding creativity is well underway. The stereotypes of miraculous breakthrough moments—and the incessant drive to locate them in the head of epic individuals—are slowly yielding to a portrait of complex, meandering,…

  • Weekly Music Tip: From Zelda to Boom Bip

    This week, an oldie-but-a-goodie: Maybe you recognized the strings melody sample? It’s from the Zelda 2 main theme! Specifically, it’s from this orchestral cover (~1:52): I’ll resist making the obligatory “I AM ERROR” joke here. But goddamn that game was difficult! My friend Jon and I re-visited and beat the game the summer after high…

  • GameByOne

    New blog alert! Our close friend (and collaborator) Benedikte, a graphic designer at Duck and Cover Games, is teaching herself to program iPhone/iPad games all by herself. Very impressive! Follow her struggles and triumphs at her new blog, here. There are some good tips and inspiration in there for those of you who are aspiring…

  • Master TF2 Spy

    Best gaming video I’ve seen in a long time: Maybe this technique is old news to you, but I’ve always been terrible at playing the spy, so watching so smooth an operator is such a joy. Team Fortress 2 is such a work of art. And these kinds of master players are clearly artists themselves.…

  • Weekly Music Tip: Hajnal2

    Venetian Snares, aka Aaron Funk, back with a twisted sequel to his wicked breakcore epic, “Hajnal.” Fuck yeah!