‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst

Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game’s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc Amid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie’s debut trailer, there’s a striking note of melancholy. The game’s protagonist – a wounded corvid that creates havoc wherever she goes – calls out forlornly as a flock of her kind passes above, with a conspicuous gap in their formation. Milktooth games designer and co-founder Daisy Fernandez ...

By Chris Schilling