In Real Life

Video Game "Poems" Get A Luxurious Special-Edition Release

A Slow Year, the anthology of “video game poems” Dr. Ian Bogost wrote for the Atari 2600, has published a special edition befitting a work of art. The box is hand-crafted and bound in red leather, with foil-stamped gold lettering. The set sells for $US500 and only 20 are available, but admiring it is free.


May 17, 2010
In Real Life

Find Tranquillity With Video Game Haiku

Games can be so LOUD, and also often so poorly-written, that the opportunity for moments of quiet reflection often pass us by. Time then for some gaming haiku.


May 6, 2010

Every Day The Same Dream Diary

Kikiyama’s Yume Nikki is a poem written in video game.


December 17, 2009
In Real Life

Stocking Stuffers: Despairing Video Game Poetry

Regular listeners of British podcast OneLifeLeft will be intimately familiar with the work of Craig “The Rage” McLelland. Since most of you don’t listen, though, I feel compelled to point out his new book of poetry. Video game poetry.