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Darklights (Tanya Kan)

is a 3D artist and writer in games and commercial displays. She loves to examine the narrative and the artistry behind games and other new media. She is on the warpath to developing her own indie game. Her playgrounds and inspirations include dance, visual arts, cinema, creative writing and political philosophy.
The Curfew browser game - Face of the Enemy 3

Review: The Curfew

Imagine being armed with all the skills you need to explore a city and its secrets from the very start of the game. The Curfew puts you in the position of an unnamed protagonist who has to protect valuable information that may potentially bring down the tyrannical Shepherd Party government.

Review: The Cat and the Coup

In playing documentary game Cat and the Coup, one gets the same sense of cross-cultural influences as comparative to whirlwind tour of a foreign art gallery. Within the encapsulation of a 2D side-scroller, traditional Persian artwork combine with black and white rotoscoping, somber caricatures of figures and peoples, and pictures from the historical press. An unusual mix of Erik Satie and Nine Inch Nails saturate the aural space with viscosity. Despite the imagery’s perspectival flatness, the actual experience of the visual scope is labyrinthine. Read the full review…