The Game Developers Conference is far from over — actually, the show floor just opened today — but if bumping into people over the past couple days has been anything to go by, a PSN game called Dyad seems to be getting the best word of mouth at the show. Well, let me try that again — the Halo announcements, SimCity, Quantic Dream’s bundle of joy, and the Independent Games Festival probably win this award I just made up. But for the underdog word of mouth, I’m going with Dyad.
A couple days ago, I was able to play it for about an hour. Developer Shawn McGrath invited some media to try the game in his hotel room, each alone, with the lights off — “the cool kids’ way of playing it,” he said — which seemed odd, but made sense when I realized the game is a weird mash-up of Rez, a light show, a kaleidoscope, and a racing game. “Weird” is his word, by the way.
