A MAZE. / Berlin 2025

14th International Games and Playful Media Festival

individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset flip shovelware r̶a̶n̶t̶ manifesto

'individualism in the dead-internet age' Game Trailer

by Nathalie Lawhead (Slovenia)

Genre: interactive-essay-meets-walking-sim horror

"Individualism in the dead-internet age" is a short-form Backrooms-style horror interactive-essay-meets-walking-sim about technocapitalism and the things we lost along the way. Follow coins under the electric mist of a clouded starry sky. Discover hyper-links. Listen to the words both inside and outside your head. Seal your fate before the productivity machine. Together we can defeat the machine!

Platform: PC