May 17, 2008

Nideffer and Szeto’s WTF?!

by Noah Wardrip-Fruin · , 3:38 pm
WTF?! quest giver

Speaking of responses to World of Warcraft, I’ve just played my first few minutes of Robert Nideffer and Alex Szeto’s new indie/art game, WTF?! I’ve noticed that the characters are decidedly aware of certain genre conventions (my first quest is to “start killing shit”). And I’m very much looking forward to my encounters with the characters who await deeper in the game, from Karl Marx to Mary Daly (you can guess which one argues that “the game naturalizes a Western militaristic heterosexist hypersexualized patriarchal capitalism, played out in relation to a spiritually infused race war — kinda”).

3 Responses to “Nideffer and Szeto’s WTF?!


  1. Adam Ruch Says:

    Let me just say … “ZOMG!”

    That’s the funniest thing I’ve run across in a while, thanks for posting.

  2. GameSetLinks: A Crop Off The Old Block | Games Blog Says:

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  3. serial consign Says:

    large-scale conversations

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