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If you have never tried a visual novel this is a great place to start.

Posted byShira ChessSeptember 8, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:beginner, single-player, visual novel

KIDS

Kids

KIDS is a artful, contemplative game that has you move (somewhat anonymously) within and around and against crowds. It is part visual puzzle and part rhetorical argument.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 30, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:artful, beginner, cinematic, puzzle, rhetorical, single-player, weird

Sneaky Sasquatch

Sneaky Sasquatch is a simulation adventure game where the player takes on the role of the title character and is forced to sneak around, stealing things from park-goers and not getting caught by the park ranger.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 20, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, beginner, simulation, single-player, weird

Play like a Feminist. (Available from my local bookstore)

Athens’ local indie bookstore Avid Bookshop carries my book, and I’ve coordinated with them to make signed copies available. Please indicate in the order form that you would like a signed edition when you place your order online.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 18, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inBuy the BookTags:book release, Play like a Feminist., Shira Chess

The Room: Old Sins

In Old Sins, we are tasked with puzzling through and exploring a mysterious old dollhouse.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 17, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, beginner, point-and-click, puzzle, single-player

Ritual of the Moon

A 28-day long game where they player is an abandoned witch on the moon, deciding whether or not to allow a catastrophe to occur.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 16, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:fiction, meditative, single-player, story

Grayout

Taking place in a medical dystopic future, the player is navigating language; they are plagued with aphasia and trying to put the right words together in order to solve a larger mystery of who they are and how they got there.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 15, 2020August 16, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:dystopia, fiction, single-player, story, thriller, word puzzle

Rusty Lake: Paradise

There are several games in the Rusty Lake series (all about the same level of quality). The combination of macabre art and fun puzzles makes the game a fun, fast-moving mystery exploration.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 13, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, fiction, point-and-click, puzzle, single-player, weird

Life is Strange

Life is Strange is an episodic, narrative adventure game which follows a teenager who can control time.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 12, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, fiction, non-linear, point-and-click, single-player, story, teen drama

Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is a deeply involved farming game that involves magical realism and romance.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 10, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, farming, multi-player, role-playing, romance, simulation, single-player

Dash Adventures

Dash Adventures, the latest in the Diner Dash franchise is a fast-paced, funny, and cute time management game.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 8, 2020July 22, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, beginner, free-to-play, single-player, time-management

Hexologic

Hexologic is a cool number logic game that is quiet, relaxing, thoughtful, and easy to get lost in.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 5, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:beginner, puzzle, single-player

Broken Age

Broken Age is a deep adventure game where you rotate playing between two protagonists in an absurdist, hilarious, fantasy world.

Posted byShira ChessAugust 3, 2020September 8, 2020Posted inGames for CirclesTags:adventure, fiction, funny, single-player

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