Provizora Parko

“You are on a beach, tenderly burying another version of yourself in wet white sand. The you that’s being buried looks up and winks.”

Provizora Park is a game by Dawn Sueoka, an author and gamemaker whose work is always thoughtful, carefully constructed, and a little (or a lot) surreal. Details are cleverly sprinkled in or omitted, and characters sincerely chirp odd non-sequiturs or simply bemoan their presence in this place where you've all found yourselves. All of them seem to have given up the possibility of understanding it, but not you.

Lushly detailed and funny, the game blends insouciance and the creeping illogic of a nightmare. Takes about a half hour to play. I loved it.