Samorost

My friend Alan Mawyer sent me the link for a click-and-point game called Samorost, and in the few days that followed, I became a devoted fan. I completed version 1, but v. 2 has me stymied, I’m afraid. Earlier this year, v. 2 won a Webby award in the games category and an IGF award for best web browser game. Anyone who plays this beautifully rendered and intellectually challenging game will see that the awards were well deserved.

The website of the game’s creator tells us that “Amanita Design was founded in Bmo (Czech Republic) in 2003 by Jakub Dvorsky [and is] focused on creating online Flash games, animations and websites.” For the princely sum of US$7, you can buy a version of Samorost 2 that includes two additional chapters.

Also available are T-shirts, baby wear, and a cute button—must-haves for Samorost fans.

Claw Theater

What light from yonder window breaks? It is the glow from the stage of Claw Theater!

Visit this enchanting WWW creation and enjoy productions of Peter Pan and other children’s classics. Meticulously painted sets, gorgeous costumes, and mesmerizing feline thespians await you. You can also read reviews of the productions or write your own.

Says Queen Midnight, founder of Claw Theater:

From the moment the first kitty made shadow birds on the walls of a prehistoric cave, we have had theater. From the Greek playwright Catistophanes to the Roman Catullus, from Shakespeare (who, of course, was of the feline purrsuasion) to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” the theater has brought endless joy and enlightenment to rich and poor, young and old, kitties of every color, spot, patch and stripe.

Adding to the cultural experience are “Masterworks of Feline Art” (an art exhibit) and a collection of posters, exquisite as this one.

Complimentary tickets are available and make great gifts for birthdays, graduations, and other special occasions.