{"id":24290,"date":"2026-08-06T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/nazis-and-happy-feet-collide-in-penguin-colony-a-psychological-horror-game-set-at-the-worlds-end\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:37:14","slug":"nazis-and-happy-feet-collide-in-penguin-colony-a-psychological-horror-game-set-at-the-worlds-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/nazis-and-happy-feet-collide-in-penguin-colony-a-psychological-horror-game-set-at-the-worlds-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Nazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world\u2019s end"},"content":{"rendered":"

Explore Antarctica as a flightless bird \u2013 and dodge some earthly monsters \u2013 in this surreal adaptation of HP Lovecraft<\/p>\n

While watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his daughter, Origame Digital founder Naphtali Faulkner noticed something interesting. \u201c[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch quality,\u201d he says. Over time, and with plenty of iteration, Faulkner\u2019s inspirations coalesced, from HP Lovecraft to the 1982 version of The Thing and the works of David Lynch. \u201cI\u2019m a big fan of horror that sits in your head rather than in your stomach,\u201d says Faulkner.<\/p>\n

In Penguin Colony, players body-switch between species of flightless birds, piecing together cryptic cosmic clues as they tail a Nazi expedition to Antarctica. In the process, Origame Digital draws on Lovecraft\u2019s novella At the Mountains of Madness. \u201cI\u2019d always wanted to do a creature that\u2019s a manifestation of colonial thought, energy and power, and the idea of it resting and then regrowing,\u201d says Faulkner. \u201cI was looking through the history of Lovecraft and him being a gigantic racist<\/a>, and this idea of the Nazis sort of came out,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

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\nExplore Antarctica as a flightless bird \u2013 and dodge some earthly monsters \u2013 in this surreal adaptation of HP Lovecraft
\nWhile watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his daughter, Origame Digital founder Naphtali Faulkner noticed something interesting. \u201c[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch quality,\u201d he says. Over time, and with plenty of iteration, Faulkner\u2019s inspirations coalesced, from HP Lovecraft to the 1982 version of The Thing and the works of David Lynch. \u201cI\u2019m a big fan of horror that sits in your head rather than in your stomach,\u201d says Faulkner.
\nIn Penguin Colony, players body-switch between species of flightless birds, piecing together cryptic cosmic clues as they tail a Nazi expedition to Antarctica. In the process, Origame Digital draws on Lovecraft\u2019s novella At the Mountains of Madness. \u201cI\u2019d always wanted to do a creature that\u2019s a manifestation of colonial thought, energy and power, and the idea of it resting and then regrowing,\u201d says Faulkner. \u201cI was looking through the history of Lovecraft and him being a gigantic racist, and this idea of the Nazis sort of came out,\u201d he adds. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explore Antarctica as a flightless bird \u2013 and dodge some earthly monsters \u2013 in this surreal adaptation of HP Lovecraft While watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his daughter, Origame Digital founder Naphtali Faulkner noticed something interesting. \u201c[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost …<\/p>\n

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