Is Mountain on Steam Actually a Game, or a Screensaver?
161'Mountain' on Steam - critics love its ingenuity, while gamers seem to despise it. It's a 99 cent game in the Steam store, but some are hesitant to even call it a game. In it, you assume the role of a mountain, slowly spinning while the environment changes and you (as the mountain) express feelings of ennui and question your own existence. Is it fair to call Mountain a game? Or more of an experience? With modern gaming in mind, has the definition of what a game is changed, and is the change necessary toward creating a bigger, more diverse medium? Or is it the opposite of the definition of a game? Kim Horcher, Tim Frisch, and Jenna Busch (Writer, host, Legion of Leia founder) discuss!
Check out Mountain on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/313340/
Read more from PC Gamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/08/20/why-the-media-loves-mountain-but-steam-users-are-calling-it-a-screensaver/
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