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Museums of the Non-Existent: From Dune to MyHouse.wad
We no longer consume works: we inhabit gaps. Cancelled projects, fragments, hoaxes, mod-labyrinths, and fake books shift the center of gravity of the experience: there is no longer an object to finish,…
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Game of Faune : How does Bug Fables transform a tiny bit of garden into a credible world?
When you were young, did you imagine stories about the insects you observed? Personally, I loved watching them, especially bees. And even though I still love observing them, I no longer attribute…
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The golden age of survival horror: myth or reality? (Part 2)
If you haven’t yet read part 1 of this report, I strongly encourage you to do so in order to better understand what follows. Here we are again on our journey through…
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The Fall and Rebirth of Sega
Sega is an industrial tragedy from which the video game industry has never fully recovered. The fate of the Japanese manufacturer is a specter whose shadow looms large as the media storm…
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Bye Sweet Carole and the corruption of wonder
Two years ago, Bye Sweet Carole was unveiled. It was a game that seemed to flirt with horror and had a graphic style reminiscent of old Disney animated films such as Snow…
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Catherine: Behind the mask, the abyss
When the team behind the modern Persona games decided to tell the story of the escapades and torments of a young adult haunted by his impulses, the result was Catherine, an atypical…
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Puyo Puyo x Tetris / Dopamine x Reflexion
Puyo Puyo Tetris is a game…To talk about Puyo Puyo is to evoke…The history of Tetris is sprawling, and it will take… Oh, what the heck. Finding an angle for this article…
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Jusant: between introspection and emotional elegance
In maritime terminology, jusant refers to the ebb tide. The sea level becomes very low as the water recedes from the coast, making it difficult for boats to dock. Caused by the…
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Game of Faune : Endless Ocean, or the perspectives of the “naturalist video games”
Once upon a time, there was a book about the world. The third chapter of its anthology has just begun, and it is called Autumn. As the pages turn, the sun tries…
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Hollow Knight: Silksong – Continuing the story
As I write this, I have spent fifty hours playing Hollow Knight: Silksong. That’s how long it took me to complete the main storyline, all the side quests, and achieve a 100%…