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Game developer explores colonialism through the eyes of a penguin
Game developer explores colonialism through the eyes of a penguin.
Following an award-winning debut, Ngāi Te Rangi developer Naphtali Faulkner turns one of HP Lovecraft's best-known works into an interrogation of colonial myth-making.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries on Oct 25, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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Thank you for this post, cpbc!
posted by panhopticon at 7:01 AM
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Review of Penguin Colony by Rock Paper Shotgun:"I regard the body gravely and say: urk urk urk."
posted by dannyboybell at 8:32 AM
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I just played through this last night, great spooky season vibes! Took about 4 hours. Probably the most thoughtful take on Lovecraft and his whole deal in videogames. And colonialism. And narrated by Lenval Brown from Disco Elysium.
Remap Radio did a good interview podcast with Naphtali Faulkner where he talked about making art in this moment that had me going "fuck yeah" at work while I listened to it.
posted by rodlymight at 8:54 AM
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And how does that work? I didn't really catch that from the article?
posted by beesbees at 4:08 PM
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Drawing on the writing of HP Lovecraft in a game critiquing racist pseudo-histories seems paradoxical.
Hardly a paradox! That's the joy of so much neo-Lovecraftian art: using that brilliant racist asshole's own work to explore themes that would have horrified him to the core.
posted by gurple at 12:18 PM
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