

These folks were responsible for the mechanically intriguing The Unfinished Swan, on which Esposito contributed level design, and are now working on an narrative game filled with deadly vignettes of remembrance entitled What Remains of Edith Finch (set to release in spring of 2017) on which Esposito contributed prototyping and game design consultation. Currently, he is working as part of the Giant Sparrow game development company. The creator of that game and the current developer of a new game entitled Donut County is the talented and humbled Ben Esposito (otherwise known for his hilariously absurd Tweets as Esposito has been involved in the production of many indie games. Although the whale riding excitement of “my time’s” little game was my favorite experience of the bunch, I mean it is a rather enjoyable song, “pale machine’s” surreal, fully fledged, and painstakingly polished entry drew my attention the most. You can visit bo en’s official site and play through all of the games expertly crafted for his debut album by clicking on the following links: ( intro, miss you, be okay, every day, friend, winter valentine, pale machine, my time). When I discovered that bo en had commissioned the creation of music video games for his album, I was elated, not the least bit surprised, and ready to play! With an awkward and laughable style that mixed elements of classical composition, trap beats, MIDI sound bytes, sampled video game effects, and heartfelt albeit inexperienced vocals, Pale Machine made me smile and come back to its oddball tracklist time and time again.

Bo en, known by birth and in the video game composition world as Calum Bowen, released an album entitled Pale Machine through Maltine Records in September of 2013. I’ve been following the gang ever since I stumbled upon a little known and wildly eccentric musical artist who goes by the name bo en. (Image credit to Arcane Kids, retrieved from their official site)Īrcane Kids is an award winning internet gang based in LA… or at least that’s what it says on their website. Garbled, interesting, and glitchy in aesthetic, the Arcane Kids’ site has quite the background image.
