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2 weeks ago
Feature: Not that Black Friday, idiot
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 is not exactly well-trodden ground for videogames. But at least one game took a swing at it. 1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a game in the style of Telltale, a story told with playable cinematics and quicktime events. It's mostly made of conversations and the drama that comes from making a bad decision instead of another, equally bad decision. It…
2 years ago
Feature: My Iranian playcation
When is a bad game not a bad game? When it inadvertently nudges you towards a good game. I began this week playing a very weak HAWXlike coded in Tehran and, via some connected Wikipedia delving and Steam sifting, ended it playing a powerful adventure game set during the Iranian Revolution. Squadron: Sky Guardians' flight model resembles actual flight in the same way a vaulting…
Feature: Indepedent Games Festival
Hello, friends. Our podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, returned last week to talk about science fiction in games with a trio of Independent Games Festival awards nominees. One of those interviewees (Brendon Chung of Quadrilateral Cowboy) went on to win dat big ol' prize. In the second episode of our IGF special, we talk to the makers of 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and Orwell about…
3 years ago
I've had my eye on 1979 Revolution: Black Friday [official site] for a long time. The game, which covers the Iranian Revolution of 1979 from the perspective of a photojournalist returning to the country after studies abroad, looks absolutely fascinating. It's not a part of history I'm overly familiar with and while I wouldn't want all of my learning to come from games, I'm extremely…
6 years ago
It is by some terrible coincidence that I am posting news of this Kickstarter campaign on the other Black Friday. As the other half of the title suggests, this isn't a game about reduced prices and the terrifying reactions of people to those prices - this is a game about the Iranian Revolution. More specifically, it's the first episode of a longer project, approximately two…