Passage
Every so often, The Escapist, an online magazine covering video games, gamers, game culture, and the Games Industry, publishes an article identifying who are the next generation of movers and shakers under the age of 30. More often than not, I don’t know any of these guys and the ones I do know are part of a typical breed of self-promoting egotistical d-baggers that I’ve come to encounter every so often over my 14 years of working and writing in the land where I get both my milk and honey. Unfortunately, the one person who I believe deserved to be recognized in that category a few years back (no, not Yahtzee Croshaw, but he is a close second in my book) was The Escapist‘s own Jason Rohrer, who, at one point, was contributing a free downloadable game a month through the website. Whether he wasn’t eligible for that distinction since he was associated with the magazine or just completely overlooked, Jason has a body of work (recognized by Esquire, BusinessWeek, and Wall Street Journal) that I believe is extremely important not only for the Games Industry, but also for Hollywood because of one salient point: he knows how to solicit raw (and often varied) emotions from a single gaming experience. Not too many people are capable of doing that yet Jason has, and now, he has brought it to the iPhone with this game simply called Passage, which is about life… in five minutes! That’s all I can tell you. This is not a gimmick. Just like life, you have to find out for yourself what it means to you. But what I can promise you is that it’ll be a unique game experience, which you’ll never forget. Highly recommended. Price: 99¢.
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