Many critics cite Rez as one of the finest examples of an art-game. While the game resulted in a commercial flop, does it deliver in terms of artistic credibility?
A review of some of the most experimental, artistic and progressive independent games. With minimal budgets and small teams homebrew developers can still produce some outstanding peices of software. Proof that a talented community exists outside the mainstream games industry.
Perhaps the most successful MMORPG of recent times World of Warcraft represents some of the key aspects of a persistant online social gamespace. WoW is like most subscription based games a complex and continuously developing virtual world. This review examines the players perceptions of such a space and the factors that drive gamers to return/retreat into this environment.