New Object Oriented up on 🎭MASKS🎭 in videogames! I talk about mystery, becoming something else, playfulness, anonymity and the Jungian psychology of the Persona series: getobject.net/post/object-or…

Know why urban explorers use high-vis vests when illegally infiltrating infrastructure? Because they understand the symbolic power of clothes. I delve into that power via Hitman, Time Crisis, Disco Elysium, Bloodborne and a whole bunch of other games: getobject.net/post/object-or…

New Object Oriented is on 👚CLOTHES👖. Why they are microtransactions' Trojan horse, what Hitman tells us about their symbolic power, and why stat buffs are kind of real if you really think about it: getobject.net/post/object-or…

Here is a thing where I argue that a game with talking buildings, giant dog heads with glowing eyes and flamingo pizzas is a more convincing place that most open worlds: getobject.net/post/tales-fro…

Just published an article about @cosmoddd's Tales From Off-Peak City and why I love small videogame places: getobject.net/post/tales-fro…

The second Object Oriented is up and it's about 🗺️MAPS🗺️. I argue maps work differently than you think, talk about their dualities, diegetic maps and getting lost: getobject.net/post/object-or… #videogames

New podcast episode with @Veselekov where we talk about plans for his next game, @UmurangiGame and why minimaps are often shit: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Just released the first episode of 💼INVENTORY💼, a new video series about cool videogame objects where I speak to the devs who created them. It's kicking off with @Veselekov talking us through the design of the 📸CAMERA📸 from @UmurangiGame: youtube.com/watch?v=12d5k6Wl…

"Players" - skateboarders, freerunners, urban explorers - always bring out the security guards you didn't even know were there. On Sludge Life and the politics of space: #videogames #cities #urbex getobject.net/post/reignitin…

I've written a thing about Sludge Life, getting anti-climb paint on me as a kid, transgressive relationships to space, urban exploration and the politics of space: getobject.net/post/reignitin… #videogames #sludgelife (cc @doseone @terrivellmann)

🎮ALTERNATIVE INDIE VIDEOGAME CANON🎮 For every great indie videogame that's been canonised and makes it into those "greatest indie games of all time lists", there's one that's been unduly forgotten. Here's some I like (let me hear yours too!):

I realise this is terrible timing for anyone in the UK, but I've just uploaded my first video for Patron subscribers. It's about a cool little game called Cake Monsters: patreon.com/posts/pico-mix-c… #pico8

Why is it that Doom was full of keys and a decade later, Half-Life 2 had none? My contention is that this is not a coincidence and you can read the reason here: getobject.net/post/object-or… #videogames #doom #halflife #fps

Here's some games on my Steam wishlist that I think look cool: 1. Skin Deep by @BlendoGames. Immersive first-person shooter with sneezing. store.steampowered.com/app/3…