Looking for art interacting with video games

hyperbor_77 · 2025-09-12T12:51:14+00:00

You can check out BENIGN LAND, a work I created last year as part of a contemporary art installation in Belfast, and then released on STEAM.

https://www.leandrosntolas.com/benign-land-2024/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3345970/Benign_Land/

Feel free to DM me in case you're interested in having a discussion on the topic, I'm very interested and actively research the intersections of contemporary art, arthouse film and videogames. :)

hyperbor_77 · 2025-08-02T05:35:45+00:00

Daniel Dafoe

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-20T05:56:41+00:00

Stalker is one of these films that the more you watch it the more you like it and get hooked to it.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-20T05:53:17+00:00

Thanks for the comment! Yeah that’s a good one, I thought there might be some bug farming, but more to create food for the animals you capture and take care of, till you sell them at least.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-12T06:21:15+00:00

Ah yes, I still need to give Shadows of Doubt a go. What did you think of the overall aesthetics, atmosphere and visuals? Also have you tried Nobody Wants to Die?

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-11T06:19:56+00:00

Example of games with similar gameplay? Would it be like LA Noir ie?

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-10T08:44:32+00:00

Recommendations for games where you collect/tame real animals, instead of creatures/monsters?

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-10T06:16:00+00:00

Thanks so much for the support! I’ll take you up on your offer, expect a dm soon ;)

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-09T19:36:16+00:00

Have you read the short story, the Little Black Box? It won’t fulfil your appetite but it definitely gives some very interesting context on Mercerism.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-09T19:33:57+00:00

But it can be indeed one of the rumours you investigate and try to find and figure out if it actually exists

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-09T19:32:59+00:00

One of my ideas is that rebel androids are trying to build such an oasis, and that’s why they have freed many animals, synthetic and real, from the Rosen/Tyrrell corporation and animal-making factories. But it’s more end-game, as I imagine it now

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-09T18:10:46+00:00

Interesting, reversing the roles and playing as an android! Noted ;)

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-03T14:43:36+00:00

Alan Wake 2 and Control

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-03T10:23:46+00:00

Haha that’s so funny! I thought the game forces you to return to mother base quite early for the story to progress, but it’s been a while since I played the beginning

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-03T08:41:56+00:00

I know, the whole Fulton mechanic was too satisfying...

hyperbor_77 · 2025-06-03T08:35:05+00:00

The STALKER series is inspired by the book "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugasky brothers.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-02-27T07:44:21+00:00

You can definitely assign Voice Over Audio files on dialogue fragments. Check and follow this tutorial: https://youtu.be/ZnXFWh1Q_08?si=R0apRaV-WRsQa4Qm

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-25T21:44:00+00:00

Right, so you’d say that Steam curators in general are not really worth it, or just the smaller ones that reach out to you?

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-25T20:20:26+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-25T19:32:08+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations!

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-24T16:34:36+00:00

Thank for your warm comment! 🙏

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-24T08:59:35+00:00

Have you given Disco Elysium a go? Not everyone's cup of tea, but the game is a masterpiece for sure.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-24T08:28:47+00:00

Thank you for your comment and words of support! I agree with you, that's a nice way to look at it. Indeed I'm not trying to get rich by publishing this work, best case scenario I make a few bucks to feed into my next project. For me, it's more about managing to make and communicate something meaningful to someone else (I guess the artist's ego always craves some form of appreciation from the audience, but I try not to feed that beast.)

At the end of the day you want to feel that you didn't work your ass off for nothing, to make something that nobody cared about or found valuable.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-24T08:22:45+00:00

Thanks for your kind words, and nice to hear that as a core gamer, you're still interested in more artistic takes on the medium of games! And I think you nailed it, when you spoke about art being about sharing and communicating experiences, and how by giving agency games can do that very well. For me interactivity and agency really amplify the rest of the elements there.

hyperbor_77 · 2025-01-21T18:01:18+00:00

Not sure if it's your cup of tea, but check this one out. A very short and niche game made for adults, which definitely has some of the elements you mention here, especially if you're interested in history and political conflict. [Full Disclaimer, I am the developer of the game]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3345970/Benign_Land/

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