Why French games have always been way ahead of their time

Source: www.polygon.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:44:39 GMT

France is the second-biggest producer of video games in the world. Franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Dishonored, Life is Strange, and … whatever the hell David Cage is doing, come from French-based companies. So France has had a huge influence on gaming, globally. But what you might not know is how weird and counter-cultural some of France’s early games are! In the 1980s, French game developers were going wild, making games that would fit right in on itch.io today.

Read the full article at www.polygon.com →

The same story across the political spectrum (3 sources)

Left: What 'Davey and Goliath' can tell us about the decline of American Protestantism — www.theblaze.com
Center-Left: The senator Trump mocked became his best diplomat — www.theblaze.com
Center-Left: ‘I thought – if I die, I’ve had a good innings’: producer James Ford on life, death and making an album from his hospital bed — www.theguardian.com

← Back to FlashTopics.com