![]() ![]() VICE Games: This morning, I asked my three-year-old daughter what sound a goose makes. ![]() It's a chat as wide-ranging as the game itself. We talked about everything from the politics of the goose, to a shocking revelation about the origins of its HONK, to the haphazard and fumbly way the game was developed. Fortunately, Untitled Goose Game designer Michael McMaster was willing to spend some time with me recently over email, answering everything from the absurd to the insightful. It has to be a moment that’s given House House pause, and I wanted to know more about that pause. But Untitled Goose Game is another level of attention. Push Me Pull You, a gross-looking sports game about bodies stretching to unnatural lengths, put them on the map during the local multiplayer trend. Which is all to say this must be a surreal moment for House House, the developers of Untitled Goose Game. At TwitchCon, the band Blink-182 was hyping up the crowd by giving the game a shout out. One of social media’s universally beloved icons, Chrissy Teigen, who’s shown an interest in games in the past, wanted to know what was up. A few days back, Twin Peaks actor Kyle MacLachlan tweeted about trying to track down the elusive goose. Untitled Goose Game has achieved an awareness most games dream of, drawing interest from surprising places. ![]() But it’s also been a very different type of success: Untitled Goose Game is a meme, a cultural icon. In a time when you have infinite games to play, it’s still worth carving out some time for this one.īy all accounts, Untitled Goose Game is a success, in that it’s sold a lot of copies. It’s the kind of game you can play with people who claim they don’t like games, and if you have children, they will enjoy pressing the HONK button over and over again. Austin’s review from last month, comparing the game to Hitman, is worth a read. It’s both short and funny as heck, a biting combo. If you haven’t played Untitled Goose Game yet, you should. ![]()
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