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Games, Body Contact and Femminist Issues
This is an “answer” to Jordan Erica Webber and Laura Kate Dale’s series of letters published on IndieHaven and Godiva Gamers discussing the game called Hugatron (website and Tumblr). I am not affiliated with Hugatron in any way. Dear Jordan and Laura Thank you for sharing an insightful email conversation about your experiences watching a…
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SUPERBUTTONKOALAPARTY
We’re co-throwing a big party in Hilversum, Holland next week, as a part of the DiGRA conference! There will lots of music and games, including a live performance by legendary turntablist/illustrator Kid Koala. Awesome! And we’ll be exhibiting five of our own party games, including a public debut of two new games – Egg Party…
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B.U.T.T.O.N. Summer Sale!
It’s summer! To celebrate, we’ve joined in on the big Steam “Summer Camp” Sale. Our award-winning physical party game B.U.T.T.O.N. is 50% off. Now only 1.50 dollars/euros! Buy it here. The sale lasts until July 10, and applies to both the Steam version and also the alternative PC version that we sell off our own…
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Where Is My Heart? At E3!
Those of you attending E3 this week should stop by the IndieCade booth! Our very own PSP game Where Is My Heart? will be on display for the public to try. Even better, it will be joined by a number of other rad indie games (we’re particularly excited about Honeyslug’s Hohokum and Richard Boeser’s Ibb…
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A Social Active Game Experience
Our friend Adam Henriksson at the Umeå Institute of Design is writing/making a thesis project about social interaction in games. He actually flew all the way down to Copenhagen for our Arcade Boat party to shoot some footage. This week he edited this beautiful two-minute trailer! So inspiring, we’re so honored to be a part…
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Arcade Boat Photos
Earlier this month we threw a crazy party/exhibition on Illutron, an art boat in one of Copenhagen’s harbors! We had a blast! We’ll try to upload some video soon. Meanwhile, here are some nice photos by our friend Johan:
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Lau & Doug vs. Gamereactor – Round Three
At Nordic Game Indie Night, Lau and I also did another video interview with our friends at Gamereactor. Yup, we played the fool, yet again:
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Arcade Boat 2011
Together with Illutron (formerly known as Half Machine), we’re throwing a Spring party! What: Merriment and local hand-crafted indie games Who: Us, the Copenhagen Game Collective! Where: Illutron, Alliancevej, Teglholmens Østkaj 43, Copenhagen (map here) When: Saturday, May 14, 4pm till late Why? Because the only thing better than playing videogames is playing them on…
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On Self-Effacing Games and Unachievements
Right before GDC, some of my theoretical research on B.U.T.T.O.N. got published in a special issue of Game Studies (an online journal for computer games research). The name of the article is “Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now: On Self-Effacing Games and Unachievements.” You can read it here. Here’s an excerpt: It can be deeply…
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Brutally Unfair Knytt
To celebrate the PC release of B.U.T.T.O.N., we got together with our friend Nifflas for another silly collaboration! We’ve prepared a very special B.U.T.T.O.N.-themed mod of Nifflas’ famous indie platformer, Knytt. Check out the mod here. The official title is “Brutally Unfair Knytt,” but you can also call it “K.N.Y.T.T.” (Knytt Needs Your Tricky Tactics).…