Review by Mike “Scout” Gust The Path Developer Tale of Tales Publisher Tale of Tales Released March 18, 2009 Available for PC (version reviewed)/MAC Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “I soon came to realize that this was not your typical video game. In fact, it can reasonably be argued that it’s not a video game at all though I would claim it is. Most games take you by the hand and teach you how to play …
The developers for The Path, the new game that has everyone scratching their head, has just announced the release of the Mac version. TransGaming did the honors and you can read about it here. As is typical whenever PC and Mac rub up against each other, there are a few sparks. (Get a room already Mac and PC! Oh wait, they already did.) According to the Tale of Tales blog, sales have been charting steadily …
Researchers at Grant MacEwan College have been busy conducting a series of studies on gamers and their dreams with great titles like Threat Simulation Theory and Video Game Play, Video Game Play & Dream Bizarreness, and Video Game Play: Effects on Nighttime Dreams. You can see a very cool PowerPoint slide show on the last one posted here on AuthorSTREAM. Jane Grackenbach, Ian Matty, and Beena Kuruvilla presented the latter study in 2007 at Futureplay …
This must be Steerpike’s Week of Obscure and Creepy Games, since I’ve gotten roped into playing another one as well, that I’ll be writing about later. Anyway. Tale of Tales is a Belgian studio with the pretty-much-explicitly-stated goal of making games that aren’t fun. What can I say, they’re Belgian. The Path has been on the radar for a while now; by far T of T’s most ambitious game, billed as a “short horror” experience. …