If you’re in the Brooklyn, New York area on July 15th, you have an opportunity to head over to Light Industry and play the games of Mark “”http://www.messhof.com/“>messhof” Essen, including two unreleased games:
Other games on dis-play include Flywrench, Punishment, and Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist. The show begins at 8pm and tickets are $6 at the door. No word on whether there will be free drinks!
Very cool, though. I imagine the installation will be similar to the one Mark set up at his university earlier this year.
I went to Las Vegas with my parents one summer and they took me to an arcade there (I can’t remember which hotel). In the arcade they had this virtual reality headset with Wolfenstein 3d in it that was haphazardly constructed and extremely disorienting, and it made me want to vomit. I haven’t thought about that game in many, many years, but Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist brought the memories flooding back (out of my mouth).
I believe its creator, messhof, is genuinely trying to hurt us with his games.
Messhof has created a PRO EDITION of You Found The Grappling Hook exclusively for Business Week Arcade, which recently featured the game. In the comments on his blog, he describes the changes:
Punishment 3: in Space? Dear lord. That’s almost worse than leprechauns.
Hit up messhof’s game blog for more updates. And be sure to check out the first two games here.
Superb little abstract game, from the creator of the Punishment series. Very economical in its design. The inherent frustration is balanced by instantaneous reloading after death.
Watch the trailer in the extended for an idea of the game mechanics involved.
Note: the game automatically saves at the end of each of the 8 “gates.”
(Thanks, Eden!)
Punishment 1 was one of the 50 Really Good Games in the Indie Game Guide, and of it I wrote:
Now there’s a sequel, of which cactus writes:
And it’s true, my mother did cry. You can find both games here!