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 a forum for the uses of videogames in advertising, politics, education, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment
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Please play Jason Rohrer's Passage December 1, 2007 - by Ian Bogost I am back from Montreal, where I attended the Montreal International Games Summit and spent some time with the folks at Concordia and also attended Kokoromi's Gamma 256 show. There's lots to say about all of these, but for now I want to point you to one of the games from the Gamma show. The constraint of the contest was 256 pixels square or less. All the games were very good, but the standout for me was Jason Rohrer's superb specimen, Passage. I don't even want to say too much about it here, but I think it's a terrific example of how simple approaches to traditionally difficult themes can work. Just go download and play. It might be a slightly different experience without the large projection and the open exhibition space and the DJ, but I think it will be remarkable nonetheless. Comment from raigan on December 1, 2007
Comment from Malcolm Ryan on December 2, 2007
What a touching game. The first time I played it, I didn't realise that you could walk north/south and I just spent all my time moving to the right. I think I like it better that way. Comment from andrewstern on December 7, 2007
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