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Mitchell sent me this: Here’s a good article on survivalist gaming – http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/welcome-to-the-scarcity-games/ – but it doesn’t mention my favourite, called A Dark Room http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com – a review: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-dark-room-the-best-selling-game-that-no-one-can-explain M

A fantasy of alienated feral existence is rendered in a concrete, neatly packaged and participatory form. A wooden palette of cardboard boxes is placed at the edge of an area of Bundanon forest. Ikea style instructions explain that viewers should … Continue reading →