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The Hostile Guide

June 7, 2011 / 0 comments

[Note: This post originally appeared at Robot Geek. I’m gradually backing these up here.] Spoiler alerts: Bioshock, Loved, Mass Effect 2, Memento, Portal, Seven Minutes, The Usual Suspects. The recent release of Portal 2 has rekindled the world’s love affair with GLaDOS, the chirpy AI who delivers instructions and insults throughout the original game. GLaDOS represents a…

Loved (2010)

March 18, 2011 / 0 comments

The hostile guide has become a common trope in art and indie games (not to mention some bigger games like Portal). Designers can’t get enough of having a disembodied voice berate you and lead you astray. In Seven Minutes (review), a furious floating head tries to convince you that you can only win the game…