Tagged: weird

Screenshot from Gridz

Gridz Macintosh categoryStrategy category

This game has an eye-popping design right out of the early internet age’s imagination – plus a strategy game concept that plays off the surprise of the setting.

Screenshot from Grizzly

Grizzly Fighting categoryMacintosh category

The wildly erratic, bizarre fighting game Grizzly is too much and all over the place – uncomfortably intense while trying to be silly.

Screenshot from Helious

Helious Action categoryPuzzle category

The designer of the bizarre gameHelious claimed that it was made by aliens, but it’s more earthbound than it looks.

Screenshot from Knights of the Crystallion

Knights of the Crystallion Other category

Bill Williams’s ridiculously ambitious “cultural simulation” game tries to create an entire society and its religion. It’s hard to understand, a chore to play, and incredible in scope.

Screenshot from The Labyrinth of Time

The Labyrinth of Time Adventure category

Bradley W. Schenck’s terrific blend of the ordinary and the surreal stages a one-of-a-kind world that elevates an otherwise by-the-numbers adventure.

Screenshot from Mind Walker

Mind Walker Action categoryPuzzle category

Enter the human brain in Mind Walker, a multi-layered, genre-hopping trip through the subconscious that gets lost in its own metaphors.

Screenshot from MindGym

MindGym Multimedia categoryOther categorySoftware category

This unique, stunning surrealist self-help guide gets arrogant when it uses the strengths of the multimedia CD-ROM format to make players examine how they think.

Screenshot from Mirage

Mirage Multimedia category

The live-action interactive Wild West movie Mirage is an incoherently surreal fiasco. Turns out there’s a surprising reason why it’s so confusing…

Screenshot from Music Brush

Music Brush Software category

Music Brush creates expressionist art that toys with animation and music, which also makes it a great tool for idle reflection.

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