We reviewed the game Dear Esther in our podcast, with somehow unexpected results:
Interview with Bologna’s Videoludic Archive – DAG Pod 3
In this issue of our Design a Game Podcast we interviewed Matteo Lollini and Andrea Dresseno, curators of Bologna’s Videoludic Archive (also on Facebook), the main public videogame collection in Italy.
Archivio Videoludico Interview
Some of the museums / archives /research centers quoted are linked below.
Museum of Play (Rochester, New York)
Computer Spiele Museum (Berlin)
Cologne Game Lab (Cologne, Germany)
National Videogame Archive (Nottingham, UK)
Archivio Videoludico (Bologna, Italy)
“Poetry does not have readers any more.” Sure?
Dear Esther: a game? A novel? An experience?
My prayer for an adventure not centered on puzzles has been answered.
The means, the form, is that of a videogame. The experience, is quite unique. [Read more…]