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Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Beckett is weeeeeeird. It’s a story-driven sort of adventure, except what it really is, is a scuttling little cockroach, and the cockroach smokes 40 Lambert & Butler a da
This beautifully unusual physical-remix of Beckett by its creator, Simon Meek. is released next week. The set of 55 reality shaping storycards were exclusively made for V&A Dundee, who also selected the videogame to form part of their permanent collection. We wanted to share
We're excited to tell you that due to popular demand and sell-out of Beckett's first vinyl imprint, the order is in for the 2nd (limited) edition. This time we're printing on heavyweight grey/silver vinyl, with etching and music, white case and exclusive sticker-art. You'll be ab
We're chuffed to bits and thrilled to announce that Beckett won the Games category at this years BAFTA Scotland awards.
Beckett has been nominated for a Scottish BAFTA. Thank you for everyone who's supporting us and the title so far. The Awards are on the 4th November. Watch this space. Please do use this link ( to download a high-res poster of the game (currently only found as a A1 print in the D
It’s safe to say you’ve played few games like Beckett. A multimedia collage piece about futility and hopelessness, it’s utterly fascinating in many ways. To call it a visual novel is to suggest far too many ideas that aren’t relevant here, so let’s instead call it a “narrative ex
Beckett questions what it is to exist. It is a dark exploration of the space in our heads. It is an unsettling journey through the unknown in search of meaning. Beckett is an enquiry and a conversation. So let's start one.
Beckett questions what it is to exist. It is a dark exploration of the space in our heads. It is an unsettling journey through the unknown in search of meaning. Beckett is an enquiry and a conversation. So let's start one.
We've set up a Soundcloud for Beckett. Here you'll find some looping tracks that exist in the game, and some which never made it - but we wish they had. They all exist as game-track loops at the moment, but - in time - we'll look to build up a few, rework some into story-montages
We've set up a Soundcloud for Beckett. Here you'll find some looping tracks that exist in the game, and some which never made it - but we wish they had. They all exist as game-track loops at the moment, but - in time - we'll look to build up a few, rework some into story-montages
We've been working hard getting Beckett ready to exist on Mac. And, as of today, we're please to announce that it does! As an added extra, this means that anyone running Windows on a 16:10 monitor can run Becket in this format if they wish. We've also upped the binaural sound con
We've been working hard getting Beckett ready to exist on Mac. And, as of today, we're please to announce that it does! As an added extra, this means that anyone running Windows on a 16:10 monitor can run Becket in this format if they wish. We've also upped the binaural sound con
Hi everyone, we're looking to give away 5 very-limited-edition 7" etched vinyl records (only available from the V&A Musuem later this year). The A-side is the track that was played on BBC6 Music - a remix of some of the memory sections in Beckett. The B-side is an original et
Hi everyone, we're looking to give away 5 very-limited-edition 7" etched vinyl records (only available from the V&A Musuem later this year). The A-side is the track that was played on BBC6 Music - a remix of some of the memory sections in Beckett. The B-side is an original et
Watch video on YouTube (opens in a new tab) Even after watching its trailer, I'm struggling to come up with an appropriate description for Beckett , so for now I'll let developer The Secret Experiment, who advises you come into the game with an open mind, do the talking: "A distu