Living life as an infinite game, that is something Niki Harré explores in her new book The Infinite Game. She looks at our society (are people pawns or participants?) and ourselves (what kind of player would you like to be?) to offer a uniquely different vision of how we might live well together. Maria Armoudian explores the concept of the infinite game with Harré.
Black Salt Games, an indie game development studio based in Õtautahi has just released DREDGE, an action-adventure fishing RPG with a cosmic horror atmosphere underneath the ocean surface.
You’ll be able to explore remote parts of the ocean, trade fish for gold, and try not to be killed by terrifying cyclops fish lurking under the waters.
If you’re a fan of fishing mini games in typical role playing games, or you just like a good spooky atmosphere, this game is definitely for you. It’s both beautiful and terrifying, incredibly well written, and all around a great time.
Liam had a chat with some of the team behind Dredge about the development of the game, the horror of the ocean, and more.
Ōtautahi based game development studio Fnife Games has recently put their queer narrative indie game demo, Small Town Emo, onto Steam, after it’s release earlier on this year.
The demo goes through a nostalgic day in the life of a queer teenager in small town Aotearoa, aiming to recall the memories of the late 2000’s through the style of a Nintendo Game Boy.
Liam had a chat with Thomas Barrer, the main developer, artist, and writer behind the game, about its production and eventual release. This is the extended cut, where we also talk about Fnife Games' other projects and other stuff.
Darashpreet Johal looks into the implications of the pilot programme being run by Immigration NZ for the past 18 months to profile and target overstayers.
For this weeks Fancy New Band we were lucky to welcome art punk band Model Into the studio! Model blew the station away with their incredible set bringing cecis dancable bass, Taylors smashing drums and Marlons witty, honest lyrics paired with his rough jangly guitar. This performance is one you dont want to miss!
Sam speaks to Rachael Norcross, guitarist and vocalist of Model Home about the band’s new debut album, out today, titled ...And Nobody Made A Sound. Whakarongo mai nei!
Adriana Christie joins us to talk about community engagement and what a community hero is. We started by asking what is going on in the Local board world at the moment.