Tag Archives: flOw

‘Child of Eden’: A Fairy Tale Flight for the Post-Human

Reposted from PopMatters Multimedia Reviews. Child of Eden, the latest from former Sega developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez, Lumines), can be most superficially described as a rail shooter in which music and color play a central role. There is a vague storyline about rescuing a damsel in distress, but relegating Lumi to the mere role of [...]

Praying at the Altar of Darwin: A “Finding ‘Eden’” B-Side

“The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science, by coming to know if you will the mind of God.” -Carolyn Porco There came a point where I just had to stop engaging with Rick Dakan about things. It wasn’t that I didn’t value his opinion, or him as a [...]

Finding ‘Eden’: Can Games Be Spiritual Experiences?

Reposted from PopMatters Moving Pixels. “Do you think a game can be a religion?” a friend asked me recently. The question came as part of a conversation we have had about fandoms and content worlds for more than a year now, and it emerged without consideration to works such as Jason Rohrer’s Chain World or [...]

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