Those of you who ever read this blog know that I am a fan of Ian Bogost’s work. Well, today marks the launched of his most recently designed game, Fatworld. The game is available from the website for free download for Mac OS and Windows. See the list of developers here.
You’d also be a fat fool not to bother checking out Bogost’s own site as well as the Persuasive Games and Water Cooler Games sites, for more in the way of games which are life texts mm’such. There is more to these games than meets the eye. Often frustrating, slightly depressing, funny and oddly addictive, these are also subtly complex games which (gulps as he uses a horrible cliché) are themselves social commentaries – by action rather than statement.
Oh, and the Fatworld website is gorgeous, too.