This Week's Waste of Time

What happens when you abandon most of video gaming's strictures instead opting for a more "everything and the kitchen sink" approach to interactive art? I'm glad you asked. You get Evidence of Everything Exploding: social commentary as Dada-esque poetry.

The results of this experiment incorporate rudimentary rules (avoid baddies), video snippets (of matchbooks), and enough 8-bit explosions to make you want to turn down your speakers. Or turn them up depending on your disposition.

Jason Nelson, who invites you to email him at several junctures in the game, is the creator of SecretTechnology.com. Whether in his game or on his website, exploration is rewarded with mostly random snippets of humor or conspiracy or both at the same time.

A little side note on deconstruction: Check out this medley of classic video games stripped down to only 15 pixels. It's amazing how many games are recognizable. And since I'm showing you random videos, nothing like a TV shopping personality looking like a fool to make the rest of us feel better about our lots in life.

With that out of the way there isn't much to do but play the game, and let the insanity wash over you. You won't feel cleaner afterward.

Click here to play Evidence of Everything Exploding.

Enjoy.