Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming
by Keith Stuart from Technology | The Guardian on (#TQVB)
Video games don't have to be about death and warfare. Emotional, intimate and sexually frank, Nina Freeman's relationship-led adventures are revolutionising the genre
The couple are entwined on a small bed in a dormitory room in New York City. Young and inexperienced, they fumble at each other's clothes, his hands all over her. The camera draws in nearer, almost uncomfortably stark and intimate in the way of all mumblecore movies about the awkward first stages of a new relationship. But this is not an independent film. This is a video game, and the woman on the bed is played by its designer, Nina Freeman. It's a long way from Call of Duty.
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