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Walden, a game has been selected for the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, planned to be on exhibit May 10–Jan. 20, 2020, at both Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Cube design museum in Kerkrade, Netherlands, allowing audiences in both the U.S. and Europe to experience the works simultaneously. The exhibit will feature over 60 projects to demonstrate how designers are collaborating with scientists, engineers, environmentalists, academics and other stakeholders to find inventive and promising solutions to the environmental and social challenges confronting humanity today.

We've had a lot of requests to bring Walden, a game to Steam and we were listening! This award-winning game now includes Steam Achievements. If you've always wanted to take some time out from the hustle of daily life and live a life of "simplicity" this the game for you. Play as Henry David Thoreau and live simply in nature in this 6 hour, open world experience.

The Playthink Salon is a USC-based salon about games, interactivity, art and culture. Starting this year, these discussions are being recorded live and will be available via podcasts. Our first two podcasts are now available on the Playthink page or through iTunes or Google Play.

The Cat and the Coup 4K remaster comes to PlayStation 4 and Steam on September 25. Experience this beautiful art game in which you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran.

Bill Viola Studio and the USC Game Innovation Lab have launched The Night Journey; an award-winning art game now available worldwide on Windows PC, Mac and via the PlayStation store in the US. Winner of the ‘Most Sublime Experience’ at the 2007 Indiecade festival, The Night Journey is one of the earliest experimental art games made.