Idle Animations: Playing and Not Playing in Cibele [GIFs]

Idle Animations is a recurring series in which I play games without playing them, exploring quiet, still moments, how games fill space and time, and what happens when you let a game play itself.

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Star Maid Games’ Kimmy’s Heart and Innovation Impress

Star Maid Games’ Kimmy is, on the surface, a visual novel about babysitting in the 1960s. Spend some time with it, however, and you’ll find that it’s about much more than babysitting, with lots more modern relevancy than its setting would have you believe.

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