There is a charming article on game developer/programmer Jason Rohrer "The Video-Game Programmer Saving Our 21st-Century Souls" as part of their "best and brightest" of 2008 stories. Rohrer is clearly a poet and artist, sensibilities that manifest here through programming skills. Esquire is offering a free download and hosting of Rohrer's new game "Between." It will, however, foil your antisocial urges to avoid social interaction, a common complaint among those who keep a running list of the evils of video gaming. "Between" has no single-player mode. I like that it draws attentions to the social nature of gaming. See how beautiful Rohrer's synopsis is from the Esquire site: You know exactly what you need to do -- you can see it shimmering right there in front of you. You can see it while dreaming, too, and the difference has become subtle. Dreams wake into dreams, and people blend in and out: real characters and dream characters, all woven into the same script. Finally, they … [Read more...]