By Kieron Gillen on August 24th, 2010 at 2:39 pm.
Joe Martin was playing this short visual novel earlier, so I decided to join him. Hummingbird Mind is a game about working from home and distractions. It leans more surreal than the hard-realism – there’s a distinct lack of quick-one-off-the-wrist breaks – but certainly catches the mood of doing work. Or not doing work, as is more often the case. Play here.
24/08/2010 at 14:49 James G says:
It is perhaps ironic that I am reading this when I am supposed to be preparing from my viva.
24/08/2010 at 14:50 Joe Martin says:
It is even more ironic that I was playing this AT work.
Don’t tell my bosses!
24/08/2010 at 15:16 Sobric says:
This game makes me wish I had a cat and dog to procrastinate efficiently.
24/08/2010 at 16:50 somnolentsurfer says:
You would think this should feature Facebook (and also RPS) more prominently.
25/08/2010 at 11:33 sfury says:
and e-mail
oh well, at least I don’t have a Facebook, I am a happy man :)
24/08/2010 at 17:28 Ezhar says:
Just the right thing to distract me from working from home.
24/08/2010 at 18:25 Hodge says:
It leans more surreal than the hard-realism – there’s a distinct lack of quick-one-off-the-wrist breaks
And here am I thinking your breaks from writing represented the only time spent not wanking.
*running away very quickly now*
24/08/2010 at 18:29 robrob says:
That was sweet.
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24/08/2010 at 20:48 Baf says:
If you want more games about distraction and procrastination, and you can stand text adventures, I strongly recommend <a href="http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=4glrrfh7wrp9zz7b"Violet, by Jeremy Freese.
24/08/2010 at 20:49 Chris Hansen says:
That made me happy.
24/08/2010 at 20:49 Baf says:
Yikes! That didn’t come out right at all. I meant to say: Violet, by Jeremy Freese.
24/08/2010 at 21:32 wm says:
What a great thingie.
24/08/2010 at 22:37 Nick says:
Yes, I enjoyed that and the quotation at the end.
24/08/2010 at 23:26 sfury says:
That was just lovely.
Gotta sleep now. Awa awa azzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…
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25/08/2010 at 06:18 pipman3000 says:
this game is pretty cool i beat the final boss dumbledore and got the fired ending for playing games at work now i’m homelss and diseased and will probably die soon :) 5 stars/10 out of 10/100%/two thumbs up
25/08/2010 at 14:34 Bhazor says:
That was almost worth it for the phrase Hummingbird Mind alone.
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A thoroughly enjoyable piece of daydreaming. I wish I could procrastinate like this.
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