by Jeffrey Melton, designer and media artist.

Rollin’ your own

Instead of shelling-out top dollar for a shiny new Sony PSP, I recently acquired a slim and sexy Sony PS2. Years ago, I enjoyed my share of hopping marsupial madness and anti-gravity death races on the original Sony Playstation. But, it’s taken me this long to want to get back in front of those glowing, dancing rasters of gamespace. This redesigned console reminds me of a mystical Ono-Sendai deck from Neuromancer; irresistible.

Now, I can finally trip on the surreal, mindbending lunacy of Katamari Damacy. The premise: your father, The King of the Cosmos, has accidentally destroyed all the stars in the sky. Oops. As the Prince, you must roll a ball around collecting objects until you’ve amassed enough to send your bundle up into the sky. Why? To replace those missing stars, silly! Words cannot begin to describe this rolling, psychedelic non-sequitur of a game: Excellent.

General — April 19, 2005 at 10:00 am


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