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PHAZERO and LENA NW reviewed in the Daily Bruin

Date Posted
05.13.18

Players can relive high school – and all the angst that comes with it – in an alternate reality within the video game “Super Super Rap Battle Temptation Nightmare Academy.”

Students can play the game, along with another student-designed game, “Artifacts II,” in an exhibition Tuesday at Broad Art Center. Lena Weissbrot, a graduate student in design media arts who also goes by Lena NW, designed “Super Super Rap Battle Temptation Nightmare Academy.” She said her game is decision-based, allowing the player to decide what the main character will do, while exploring themes like identity in high school.

Weissbrot said she designed “Super Super Rap Battle Temptation Nightmare Academy” with another designer, who goes by costcodreamgurl. The game features side-scrolling mechanics and takes place in a universe where everyone is a rapper.

http://dailybruin.com/2018/05/07/student-designed-video-games-explore-themes-of-identity-decisions/