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Lily’s Garden: A Surprisingly Gothic Mobile Game

I’m not usually in the business of reviewing mobile games, but it’s not everyday that the mindless puzzle game you download to kill time turns out to have an intricate narrative chock-full of classic Gothic tropes. Lily’s Garden, created by Tactile Games, is a match-three style puzzle game not unlike Candy Crush that is available from Google Play and the Apple App Store. But while I initially sought out the game for its fairly mindless gameplay, its real appeal lies in between the levels of complicated formations of colored blocks.

Title screen of the game Lily's Garden, which shows a wooden sign reading "Lily's Garden" in large letters at the top, with a large colorful house surround by flowers and trees in the background. Continue reading Lily’s Garden: A Surprisingly Gothic Mobile Game

Review of Morbid Curiosity—A Game to Get You Talking About Death

Death—It’s at the center of both Gothic literature (as one of the primal fears driving the atmosphere of dread) and the gothic subculture (as inspiration for its music, art, fashion, and overall aesthetic). But outside of the goth world, death can be a difficult topic to broach. Death and dying are taboo, especially in American society, and no one seems to want to talk about the one fate that awaits us all. That’s why Kimberly Mead created the game Morbid Curiosity to get everyone talking about death.

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